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hydrogen ion
noun
H- or H+
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Increases in hydrogen ion concentration cause a lowering of the pH, and, conversely, decreases in the hydrogen ion concentration raise the pH.
Hydrogen ion, strictly, the nucleus of a hydrogen atom separated from its accompanying electron.
The pH of a solution is an expression of the amount of hydrogen ion present.
Amines characteristically form salts with acids; a hydrogen ion, H+, adds to the nitrogen.
In practice the hydronium ion is still customarily referred to as the hydrogen ion.
In summary, hydrogen ion secretion can be considered in three phases.
Such flagella derive their energy from a difference in hydrogen ion concentration across the cell membrane.
They are most often used for pH measurements, where the hydrogen ion is the measured species.
Neutral solutions have a pH of 7. A pH of less than 7 denotes acidity (an increased hydrogen ion concentration), and above 7 alkalinity (a decreased hydrogen ion concentration).
In common usage, the term hydrogen ion is used to refer to the hydrogen ion present in water solutions, in which it exists as the combined molecule H+·H2O.
The amount of hydrogen ion present in a water solution is used as a measure of the acidity of a substance; the higher the concentration of hydrogen ion the more acidic the solution and the lower the pH.
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