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Global warming potential

Latest comment: 3 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Suggest adding this somewhere, unless already in a sub-article? "Hydrogen is an indirect greenhouse gas with a global warming potential (GWP) ~11x over 100 years, or ~30–40x over 20 years." Roy Boy 22:34, 20 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Please post a source. Johnjbarton (talk) 23:23, 20 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Came from Communications Earth & Environment, published June 2023 in Nature. Ranged results GWP100 (11.6 ± 2.8), GWP20 (37.3 ± 15.1) and GWP500 (3.31 ± 0.98). A Nov 2025 review provides bigger picture of uncertainty, but deemed June 2023 study "one of the most comprehensive analyses".

I did find mention in some sub-articles, but IMO applies here as atmospheric H2 has GWP regardless of source or use case. - Roy Boy 03:33, 23 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Note to editors with more editing privileges than me

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I checked the source for the combustion enthalpy and the MJ/kg value given in the text is 141.9 MJ/kg but if you use the energy for a mole of hydrogen of -286kJ/mol and assume the number of moles in a kilogram is 496 then you get the value 141.856 rather than the given value of 141.865. So I believe the original author just made a small typo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lazergurka (talk • contribs) 15:02, 30 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Lazergurka Please use the Add Topic or sign all posts.

I replaced the value to the one in the source. Thanks! Johnjbarton (talk) 16:01, 30 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

1671 is not in the 18th century

Latest comment: 1 month ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The history section begins with a subsection of the 18th century. Notably, the 1600s are not the 18th century (they are the 17th). Acephotino (talk) 17:19, 3 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done Thank you for spotting this, I have moved it to a new 17th century subsection. Polyamorph (talk) 17:33, 3 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Applications: Hydrogenation: syngas contents error

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Methanol is produced using "syngas" which is mixture of hydrogen and carbon MONoxide, which is explained in article referred to, while the paragraph states carbon DIoxide which is not a substrate in this reaction and it is not principal part of the mixture, rather a contamination Nieobecny (talk) 21:03, 31 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks fixed, added a source Johnjbarton (talk) 04:23, 1 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Global warming potential

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1671 is not in the 18th century

Applications: Hydrogenation: syngas contents error