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All isotopes of hydrogen contain one proton. The single thing that makes each element unique is the number of protons in its nucleus. Only that. Neutron count can vary with different isotopes of an element, and electron count can vary as we see an atom loan or borrow electrons. Proton count always identifies an element, and nothing else. The word "isotope" means the same element, with the same properties, but with different numbers of neutrons. Most hydrogen atoms have one proton and no neutrons. Deuterium is the isotope that has one proton and one neutron, and tritium has one proton and two neutrons.

Hydrogen with oxygen forms water; deuterium and oxygen forms "heavy water". Tritium is radioactive, and decays into helium-3.

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A proton and an electron, and zero, one, or two neutrons.

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Hydrogen! (It's an element, not a compound)

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Hydrogen 2 has one proton and one neutron in its nucleus. This is different from Hydrogen-1, which contains no neutrons.

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The element hydrogen contains particles of hydrogen only.

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One proton, one electron.

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one proton and one electron

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3 and it is called tritium

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