Hydrogen is element 1, a non-metal of the s block, in group 1, period 1. Its ground-state configuration is 1s1, and it usually shows the oxidation states -1, 0, 1.
It was discovered in 1766, by Cavendish.
Name origin: composed of the Greek elements hydro- and -gen meaning 'water-forming'.
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