Sunday, February 28, 2016

The H+ Ion in water

The H+ ion is simply a proton (nucleus of a hydrogen atom without its valence electron)

  • In water, clusters of hydrated H+ ions form
  • The simplest cluster is H3O+
  • we call this the hydronim ion
  • Larger clusters are also possible (such as H5O2 and H9O4)
Generally we use H+ and H3O+ interchangeably


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