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Definition of "hydronium" []

  • A hydrated hydrogen ion, H3O+. Also called hydronium ion. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hydronium" in a sentence
  • "For chemists, the term hydronium ion (H3O+) is often substituted for hydrogen ion to reflect the association of a hydrogen ion with a molecule of water."
  • "One might wonder whether an up quark, an uranium nucleus, a hydronium ion, a charged water droplet, and a balloon that has been rubbed on someone's jumper all belong to one kind."
  • "There were also several hydronium ions - water plus a hydrogen ion."
Words like "hydronium"
associat
attackers'
condit confus
D<sub>2</sub>HO<sup>+</sup>
D<sub>3</sub>O<sup>+</sup>
europium
H<sub>2</sub>DO<sup>+</sup>
H<sub>3</sub>O<sup>+</sup>
HDTO+
nitronium
non-classical
norbornyl
T<sub>3</sub>O<sup>+</sup>
univalent