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Can molecular hydrogen form hydrogen bonds?

Basically, I want to know if molecular hydrogen (H$_2$) can form hydrogen bonds with other molecules (CH$_4$, CO$_2$, N$_2$). I'm trying to model the mixture of these molecules with SAFT equations of ...
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How to get the right formulas for combustion (rocket chamber) or where to find them? [closed]

I am a space enthusiast and am intrigued mostly by rockets. I recently found a book HOW to DESIGN, BUILD and TEST SMALL LIQUID-FUEL ROCKET ENGINES and have been fiddling around with rocket engine ...
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Is a compound that reacts with another to form hydrogen for fueling aircraft possible [closed]

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and has great properties when reacting with oxygen for use as a fuel. Yet here on Earth, its production is prohibitively expensive, its storage ...
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Hydrogen bonds - why not in HCl? [duplicate]

In a textbook1, I found the following clear definition of hydrogen bonds: The strongest secondary bonding type, the hydrogen bond, is a special case of polar molecule bonding. It occurs between ...
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Specific Heat Capacity of Heavy Water

Water has an unusually high specific heat capacity due to it's hydrogen bonds. Why is it that the change in isotope causes a 10% difference in the heat capacity? How does the added neutron in the ...
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How many bonds can Hydrogen make?

Recently I saw a video which told me that Hydrogen has a valency of 1, i.e, Hydrogen can only bond with 1 other atom. But since hydrogen wants a complete shell, it can have 2 covalent bonds with 2 ...
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Common hydrogen bonded liquids [closed]

For some experiments I need liquids with and without hydrogen bond which are pure or highly concentrated. I have only found $\ce{HNO3, CH3COOH}$ concentrated. But i need more liquids. And it would be ...
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Hydrogen bonding in complex compounds?

Does the water molecules in coordinated water (where water acts as ligand) form hydrogen bonding with other complex molecules? Will the water molecules inside the complex form intramolecular hydrogen ...
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Hydrogen bonding

It is mentioned in my textbook: "Hydrogen atoms of water molecule create strong electrical field due to their small sizes" How is the size related to electrical field and its strength? A little ...