autoprotolysis
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Etymology edit
auto- + protolysis
Noun edit
autoprotolysis (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-
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autoionization of water
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