Doesn't hydrogen have one energy level assuming that we only have one electron and not an ion?

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Skyler Hudson

Chemistry

8 August, 01:57

Doesn't hydrogen have one energy level assuming that we only have one electron and not an ion?

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Bryanna Avila · Answer 1

It may have one occupied energy level at a time since it only has one electron, but overall it has several energy levels.

Lyla Marquez · Answer 2

Yes, Hydrogen has one energy level, (an S sub-level that can fill up to two electrons).

The only other confusing thing about Hydrogen I can think of, is that you will almost never find it existing as a single Hydrogen, but as H2 ...