hydronium

noun
/haɪˈdɹəʊ.ni.əm/UK/haɪˈdɹoʊ.ni.əm/US

Etymology

From hydro- + onium.

Definitions

  1. The hydrated hydrogen ion, H₃O⁺.

    • Acids are compounds that produce hydronium ions when mixed with water.[…]The hydronium ion is a very special ion because it is the defining particle of all acids.
    • Hydronium is not a way of stabilizing an acid, because the structure itself is so quickly transient that it can be considered as not existing.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hydronium. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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