Hydrogen atom Hydrogen atom A hydrogen atom is an atom of the chemical element hydrogen. The electrically neutral atom contains a single positively charged proton and a single negatively charged electron bound to the nucleus by the Coulomb force. Atomic hydrogen constitutes about 75% of the baryonic mass of the universe. In everyday life on Earth, isolated hydrogen atoms (called "atomic hydrogen") are extremely rare. Instead, hydrogen tends to combine with other atoms in compounds, or with itself to form ordinary (diatomic) hydrogen gas, H. "Atomic hydrogen" and "hydrogen atom" in ordinary English use have overlapping, yet distinct, meanings. For example, a
Atom (Ray Palmer) to restore the natives of Kandor to their full height, but is instead tricked into reviving a twisted Kryptonian cult, whose leader proceeds to crush Palmer and Kandor. Other re-imaginings of the Atom include an appearance in "League of Justice", an Elseworlds story portraying the Justice League in a "The Lord of the Rings"-type story where the Atom was recast as a wizard/fortune teller called "Atomus The Palmer". In "", Ray Palmer worked with a science consortium whose members at one point included Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. In "JLA: Rock Of Ages", the Atom is part of what remains