From Arsenic to Zirconium

HYDROGEN, H

ROCKET MAN

On The Table it sits at the top,

Test tube lit it explodes with a pop!

Most abundant by far,

Power’d rocket, now car?

Less its bonds water’d ne’er be a drop,

And DNA’s double helix would flop!

On The Table it sits at the top,

THE FIRST ELEMENT OF THE PERIODIC TABLE

An element is a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes and is made of atoms of only one type. Elements are the fundamental materials of which all matter is composed.

Hydrogen is the simplest of all the elements in that its atoms consist of just one proton and one electron. It sits proudly atop the periodic ...