hydrogen ion
Americannoun
noun
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an ionized hydrogen atom, occurring in plasmas and in aqueous solutions of acids, in which it is solvated by one or more water molecules; proton. Formula: H +
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an ionized hydrogen molecule; hydrogen molecular ion. Formula: H 2 +
Etymology
Origin of hydrogen ion
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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The changes in molecular vibrations of the pMBA molecules, which vary with hydrogen ion adsorption, serve the function of memory and nonlinear waveform transformation for calculation.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024
In the reaction, a molecule of hydrogen gas collides with one deuterium ion to produce a hydrogen ion and a heavy, deuterium-containing hydrogen molecule.
From Scientific American • Apr. 4, 2023
Polyprotic bases are capable of accepting more than one hydrogen ion.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
ATP itself is formed through secondary active transport using a hydrogen ion gradient in the mitochondrion.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Thus, in the general reaction between an acid and a base, the essential action is between the univalent hydrogen ion and the univalent hydroxyl ion.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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