Hydrogium[fetola | fetola mohloli]

Hydrogium is a fictional element found in most substellar and stellar objects with mass greater than 8 Jupiter masses. They undergo nuclear fusion once an object reaches atleast 10 Jupiter masses and with enough temperature and pressure in its core. It is a rare element with atleast only 0.005 PPM abundance in nature, making it a very rare type of gas.

Characteristics[fetola | fetola mohloli]

Hydrogium undergoes fusion once an objects reaches a minimum mass of 10 Jupiter masses and can burn through its entire supply between a few a hundred million years and just over one and a half billion years. Higher mass stars of greater than 85 Jupiter masses will exhaust its entire supply in less than a hundred million years which results to them missing in these types of stars. Hydrogium fusion reaction produces Deuterium and it is the only natural way of producing this molecule in the universe. Usually, once a brown dwarf consumes its entire supply, it can still sustain fusion by buring Deuterium to produce heavier Helium which can take up to about half a billion years more giving some brown dwarfs a longer fusion reaction. However, a molecule known as Anti-hydrogium is present in some stars which causes a catastrophic explosion of the brown dwarf once it makes contact with a Hydrogium atom. Not all brown dwarfs have anti-hydrogium in its core and they are only present in very few, but once they are detected, a brown dwarfs life cycle would always end up in it being destroyed. Brown dwarves undergoing hydrogium fusion and deuterium fusion is a very stable period in its lifetime, however this can be disrupted when anti-hydrogium atoms are found inside its core.

Anti-hydrogium[fetola | fetola mohloli]

Anti-hydrogium is a very rare molecule which causes a catastrophic explosion when it attempts to fuse with a hydrogium atom. It behaves similarly as hydrogium but once a brown dwarfs tries to fuse anti-hydrogium and hydrogium in its core, a sudden and catastrophic destruction of the host object will definitely follow. The explosion will trigger other anti-hydrogium atoms to start exploding and after about a year, the brown dwarf will likely explode and all its matter will dispersed into space. No remnants of the brown dwarf will remain after about a few hundred million years after the explosion. Anti-hydrogium is only present in a very few brown dwarfs and almost always absent in more massive stars as the pressure in stars over 85 Jupiter masses will cause its atom to turn into regular hydrogium.

Other uses[fetola | fetola mohloli]

As it is a potent source of nuclear fusion energy and requires lesser efforts to undergo a sustained reaction, they can be used as a fuel source in lieu of deuterium or other elements. However, due to its rarety and given the fact it usually does not exist in terrestrial planets it is not widely used.