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sea contain water which has hydrogen and oxygen in ratio 2:1 but percentage of hydrogen in atmosphere it is small. why?

Since hydrogen is the lightest element, it escapes out of the earth's atmosphere.So percentage of hydrogen in air is small.As water entered the oceans from the atmosphere, it brought with it dissolved gasses released from the mantle by volcanoes and geysers.These contains large amounts of hydrogen.



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