autoprotolysis
English
editEtymology
editFrom auto- + protolysis.
Noun
editautoprotolysis (usually uncountable, plural autoprotolyses)
- (chemistry) The autoionization of water (or similar compounds) in which a proton (hydrogen ion) is transferred to form a cation and an anion e.g. 2H2O => H3O+ + OH-
Related terms
editTranslations
editautoionization of water
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