argonium

English

Etymology

argon +‎ -onium

Noun

argonium (uncountable)

1. A cation (ArH⁺) formed by protonation of an argon atom
   • 2015, Holger S.P. Müller, Sébastien Muller, Peter Schilke, Edwin A. Bergin, John H. Black, Maryvonne Gerin, Dariusz C. Lis, David A. Neufeld, Sümeyye Suri, “Detection of extragalactic argonium, ArH$^{+}$, toward PKS~1830$-$211”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Our results demonstrate the suitability of argonium as a tracer of the almost purely atomic, diffuse ISM in high-redshift sources.

Synonyms

• hydridoargon
• argon hydride
• hydrogen argide
• hydrogen argonide
• monoargon monohydride
• monohydrogen monoargide
• monohydrogen monoargonide

Related terms

• helonium

Anagrams

• origanum