{"id":46,"date":"2012-05-20T13:10:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T13:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2017-12-07T02:07:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T07:07:55","slug":"hydrogen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/hydrogen.html","title":{"rendered":"Hydrogen Element Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"insidepagelinks\">\n<a href=\"#data\">Data Zone<\/a> |  <a href=\"#discovery\">Discovery<\/a> |  <a href=\"#facts\">Facts<\/a> | <a href=\"#appear\">Appearance &amp; Characteristics<\/a> | <a href=\"#uses\">Uses<\/a> | <a href=\"#abund\">Abundance &amp; Isotopes<\/a>  | <a href=\"#refer\">References<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"onmT\">\n<div class=\"atnorT\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearT\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elnamT\">H<\/div>\n<div class=\"atweiT\">1.008<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The chemical element hydrogen is classed as a nonmetal. It can become metallic at very high pressures. It was discovered in 1766 by Henry Cavendish.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adsense300\">\n<div class=\"adsense300spacer\">\n<div style=\"line-height:10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.chemicool.com\/ad.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9461632227417539\" data-ad-slot=\"8753977201\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><br \/>\n<a id=\"data\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Data Zone<\/h2>\n<table class=\"datatop\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Classification<\/td>\n<td>  Hydrogen is a nonmetal. It can become metallic at very high pressures. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Color<\/td>\n<td>  colorless <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Atomic weight<\/td>\n<td>  1.0079 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">State<\/td>\n<td>    gas   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Melting point<\/td>\n<td> -259.14 <sup>o<\/sup>C, 14.01 K    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Boiling point<\/td>\n<td>  -252.87 <sup>o<\/sup>C, 20.28 K     <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Electrons:<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Protons:<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Neutrons in most abundant isotope:<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Electron shells<\/td>\n<td>   1   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Electron configuration<\/td>\n<td>   1s<sup>1<\/sup>   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Density @ 20<sup>o<\/sup>C<\/td>\n<td>  0.0000899 g\/cm<sup>3<\/sup>   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id6a32070c7309f\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Show more, including: Heats, Energies, Oxidation,&lt;br \/&gt; Reactions, Compounds, Radii, Conductivities\"    >Show more, including: Heats, Energies, Oxidation,<br \/> Reactions, Compounds, Radii, Conductivities<\/span><div id=\"target-id6a32070c7309f\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<table class=\"datatop\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Atomic volume<\/td>\n<td>   14.4 cm<sup>3<\/sup>\/mol   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Structure<\/td>\n<td>  hcp: hexagonal close packed (as solid at low temperatures)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Hardness <\/td>\n<td>    &#8211;  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Specific heat capacity<\/td>\n<td>  14.304 J g<sup>-1<\/sup> K<sup>-1<\/sup>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Heat of fusion<\/td>\n<td> 0.117 kJ mol<sup>-1<\/sup> of H<sub>2<\/sub> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Heat of atomization<\/td>\n<td> 218 kJ mol<sup>-1<\/sup> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Heat of vaporization<\/td>\n<td>   0.904 kJ mol<sup>-1<\/sup> of H<sub>2<\/sub>   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">1<sup>st<\/sup> ionization energy<\/td>\n<td> 1312 kJ mol<sup>-1<\/sup>    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">2<sup>nd<\/sup> ionization energy<\/td>\n<td>  kJ mol<sup>-1<\/sup>    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">3<sup>rd<\/sup> ionization energy<\/td>\n<td>   11815.0 kJ mol<sup>-1<\/sup>   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Electron affinity<\/td>\n<td>   72.7711  kJ mol<sup>-1<\/sup>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Minimum oxidation number<\/td>\n<td>  -1    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Min. common oxidation no.<\/td>\n<td>  -1   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Maximum oxidation number <\/td>\n<td> 1 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Max. common oxidation no. <\/td>\n<td>  1  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Electronegativity (Pauling Scale) <\/td>\n<td> 2.18  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Polarizability volume <\/td>\n<td>   0.7 &Aring;<sup>3<\/sup>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Reaction with air<\/td>\n<td> vigorous, &#8658; H<sub>2<\/sub>O  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Reaction with 15 M HNO<sub>3<\/sub> <\/td>\n<td>  none  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Reaction with 6 M HCl <\/td>\n<td> none <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Reaction with 6 M NaOH <\/td>\n<td>   none  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Oxide(s) <\/td>\n<td> H<sub>2<\/sub>O <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Hydride(s) <\/td>\n<td>   H<sub>2<\/sub>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Chloride(s) <\/td>\n<td>  HCl <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Atomic radius <\/td>\n<td>  25 pm  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Ionic radius (1+ ion) <\/td>\n<td> &#8211; <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Ionic radius (2+ ion) <\/td>\n<td>   &#8211;  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Ionic radius (3+ ion) <\/td>\n<td> &#8211; <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Ionic radius (1- ion) <\/td>\n<td>   &#8211;  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Ionic radius (2- ion) <\/td>\n<td> &#8211; <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Ionic radius (3- ion) <\/td>\n<td>   &#8211;  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Thermal conductivity <\/td>\n<td> 0.1805 W m<sup>-1<\/sup> K<sup>-1<\/sup> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\"> Electrical conductivity <\/td>\n<td>   &#8211;  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"elemglb\">Freezing\/Melting point:<\/td>\n<td> -259.14 <sup>o<\/sup>C, 14.01 K    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"leftimagepadding\">\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicool.com\/elements\/images\/300-hydrogen.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Nasa image: Vast quantities of hydrogen in remote galaxies\" class=\"size-full\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nasa image: Vast quantities of hydrogen in remote galaxies.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/images\/300-theophrastus-paracelsus.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"326\" alt=\"Hydrogen - Theophrastus Paracelsus\" class=\"size-full\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theophrastus Paracelsus &#8211; The first person to generate hydrogen: &quot;Air arises and breaks forth like a wind.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"discovery\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Discovery of Hydrogen<\/h2>\n<div class=\"author\">Dr. Doug Stewart<\/div>\n<p>    A favorite school chemistry experiment is to add a metal such as magnesium to an acid.  The metal reacts with the acid, forming a salt and releases hydrogen from the acid. The hydrogen gas bubbles up from the liquid and students collect it in small quantities for further experiments, such as the &#8216;pop-test.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe first recorded instance of hydrogen made by human action was in the first half of the 1500s, by a similar method to that used in schools now.\tTheophrastus Paracelsus, a physician, dissolved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/iron.html\">iron<\/a> in sulfuric acid and observed the release of a gas. He is reported to have said of the experiment, &#8220;Air arises and breaks forth like a wind.&#8221; He did not, however, discover any of hydrogen&#8217;s properties.<sup>(1)<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\t\tTurquet De Mayerne repeated Paracelsus&#8217;s experiment in 1650 and found that the gas was flammable.<sup>(2)<\/sup> Neither Paracelsus nor De Mayerne proposed that hydrogen could be a new element. Indeed, Paracelsus believed there were only three elements &#8211; the tria prima &#8211; salt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/sulfur.html\">sulfur<\/a>, and <a href=\"mercury.html\">mercury<\/a> &#8211; and that all other substances were made of different combinations of these three. <sup>(3)<\/sup>\t(Chemistry still had a long way to go!)\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tIn 1670, English scientist Robert Boyle added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/iron.html\">iron<\/a> to sulfuric acid. He showed the resulting (hydrogen) gas only burned if air was present and that a fraction of the air (we would now call it <a href=\"oxygen.html\">oxygen<\/a>) was consumed by the burning.<sup>(4)<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\t\tHydrogen was first recognized as a distinct element in 1766 by English scientist Henry Cavendish, when he prepared it by reacting hydrochloric acid with <a href=\"zinc.html\">zinc<\/a>. He described hydrogen as &#8220;inflammable air from metals&#8221; and established that it was the same material (by its reactions and its density) regardless of which metal and which acid he used to produce it.<sup>(1)<\/sup> Cavendish also observed that when the substance was burned, it produced water.<\/p>\n<p>French scientist Antoine Lavoisier later named the element hydrogen (1783). The name comes from the Greek &#8216;hydro&#8217; meaning water and &#8216;genes&#8217; meaning forming &#8211; hydrogen is one of the two water forming elements.<\/p>\n<p>In 1806, with hydrogen well-established as an element, English chemist Humphry Davy pushed a strong electric current through purified water. \t\t<\/p>\n<p>He found hydrogen and oxygen were formed. The experiment demonstrated that electricity could pull substances apart into their constituent elements. Davy realized that substances were bound together by an electrical phenomenon; he had discovered the true nature of chemical bonding.<sup>(5)<\/sup>\t <\/p>\n<p>Visit Chemicool&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/hydrogen-facts.html\">Cool Hydrogen Facts Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;line-height:20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"adsense300\">\n<div class=\"adsense300spacer\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.chemicool.com\/ad.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 336px; height: 280px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9461632227417539\" data-ad-slot=\"2986645201\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"leftimagepadding\">\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/images\/300-hydrogen-metallic-jupiter.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" alt=\"Metallic Hydrogen Interiors of Jupiter and Saturn\" class=\"size-full\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interiors of Jupiter and Saturn, with liquid metallic hydrogen. Courtesy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H47x9q5-C2k?rel=0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtubecaption\">Large scale chemical reaction of hydrogen with oxygen. (Why blimps are now filled with helium instead of hydrogen.)<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/images\/300-hydrogen-fuel-shuttle.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"354\" alt=\"Hydrogen Fuel Tank\" class=\"size-full\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nasa: The Space Shuttle&#8217;s external fuel tank (orange) filled with liquid hydrogen and oxygen.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/images\/300-hydrogen-car.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" alt=\"Hydrogen Car\" class=\"size-full\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hydrogen cars emit water rather than pollutants.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/images\/300-hydrogen-electrolysis.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"319\" alt=\"Electrolyis of water\" class=\"size-full\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laboratory electrolysis of water. Electrical energy is used to split water. Hydrogen gathers in one test-tube, oxygen in the other.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"appear\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Appearance and Characteristics<\/h3>\n<p> <strong>Harmful effects:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\t \tHydrogen is highly flammable and has an almost invisible flame, which can lead to accidental burns.<\/p>\n<p>\t  <strong>Characteristics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t Hydrogen is the simplest element of all, and the lightest. It is also by far the most common element in the Universe. Over 90 percent of the atoms in the Universe are hydrogen.\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tIn its commonest form, the hydrogen atom is made of one proton, one electron, and no neutrons. Hydrogen is the only element that can exist without neutrons.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tHydrogen is a colorless, odorless gas which exists, at standard temperature and pressure, as diatomic molecules, H<sub>2<\/sub>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tIt burns and forms explosive mixtures in air and it reacts violently with oxidants.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tOn Earth, the major location of hydrogen is in water, H<sub>2<\/sub>O. There is little free hydrogen on Earth because hydrogen is so light that it is not held by the planet&#8217;s gravity. Any hydrogen that forms eventually escapes from the atmosphere into space.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\tAlthough hydrogen is usually a nonmetal, it becomes a liquid metal when enormous pressures are applied to it.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tSuch pressures are found within gas giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter&#8217;s high magnetic field (14 times Earth&#8217;s) is believed to be caused by a dynamo effect resulting from electrically conducting metallic hydrogen circulating as the planet rotates.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"uses\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Uses of Hydrogen<\/h2>\n<p>\t\tLarge quantities of hydrogen are used in the Haber process (production of ammonia), hydrogenation of fats and oils, methanol production, hydrocracking, and hydrodesulfurization. Hydrogen is also used in metal refining.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tLiquid hydrogen is used as a rocket fuel, for example powering the Space Shuttle&#8217;s lift-off and ascent into orbit. Liquid hydrogen and <a href=\"oxygen.html\">oxygen<\/a> are held in the Shuttle&#8217;s large, external fuel tank. (See image left.) <\/p>\n<p>\t\tHydrogen&#8217;s two heavier isotopes (deuterium and tritium) are used in nuclear fusion. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe hydrogen economy has been proposed as a replacement for our current hydrocarbon (oil, gas and coal) based economy. \t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe basis of the hydrogen economy is that energy is produced when hydrogen combusts with oxygen and the only by-product from the reaction is water.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tAt the moment, however, the hydrogen for hydrogen-powered cars is produced from hydrocarbons. Only when solar or wind energies, for example, can be used commercially to split water into hydrogen and oxygen will a true hydrogen economy be possible. <\/p>\n<p><a id=\"abund\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abundance and Isotopes<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"elemgl\">Abundance earth&#8217;s crust:<\/span>  1400 parts per million by weight (0.14%), 2.9% by moles<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"elemgl\">Abundance solar system:<\/span> 75% by weight, 93%  by moles<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"elemgl\">Cost, pure:<\/span>  $12 per 100g<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"elemgl\">Cost, bulk:<\/span>  $ per 100g<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"elemgl\">Source:<\/span> Hydrogen is prepared commercially by reacting superheated steam with methane or <a href=\"carbon.html\">carbon<\/a>. In the laboratory, hydrogen can be produced by the action of acids on metals such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/zinc.html\">zinc<\/a> or <a href=\"magnesium.html\">magnesium<\/a>, or by the electrolysis of water (shown on the left).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"elemgl\">Isotopes:<\/span> Hydrogen has three isotopes, <sup>1<\/sup>H (protium), <sup>2<\/sup>H (deuterium) and <sup>3<\/sup>H (tritium). Its two heavier isotopes (deuterium and tritium) are used for nuclear fusion. Protium is the most abundant isotope, and tritium the least abundant. Tritium is unstable with a half-life of about 12 years 4 months. Naturally occurring hydrogen is a mixture of the two isotopes <sup>1<\/sup>H and <sup>2<\/sup>H with natural abundances of 99.99% and 0.01% respectively. <\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 750px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.chemicool.com\/ad.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9461632227417539\" data-ad-slot=\"8753977201\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script>\t \t <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"refer\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Peter Hoffmann, Tomorrow&#8217;s Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet., (2001) p22.  MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.<\/li>\n<li>P. Litherland Teed, The Chemistry and Manufacture of Hydrogen., (2008)  p2. Dabney Press.<\/li>\n<li>John S. Davidson, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chem.gla.ac.uk\/staff\/alanc\/annotations.pdf\">Annotations to Boyle&#8217;s &#8220;The Sceptical Chymist&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Andreas Z&#252;ttel, Andreas Borgschulte, Louis Schlapbach, Hydrogen as a future energy carrier., (2008) p8.  Wiley-VCH, Weinheim.<\/li>\n<li>Kendall Haven, 100 Greatest Science Discoveries of All Time., (2007) p62. Libraries Unlimited.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Cite this Page<\/h4>\n<p>For online linking, please copy and paste one of the following:<\/p>\n<pre class='code'>\r\n&lt;a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/hydrogen.html\"&gt;Hydrogen&lt;\/a&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<pre class='code'>\r\n&lt;a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/hydrogen.html\"&gt;Hydrogen Element Facts&lt;\/a&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>To cite this page in an academic document, please use the following MLA compliant citation:<\/p>\n<pre class='code'>\r\n\"Hydrogen.\" Chemicool Periodic Table. Chemicool.com. 17 Oct. 2012. 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