What is a polyatomic ion?

What happenes when the polyatomic ion H3O+ which is formed when a hydrogen ion (H+) combines with a water molecule, is called what?

  • Answer:

    It is called a hydronium ion is the cation H3O+, a type of oxonium ion produced by protonation of water. This cation is often used to represent the nature of the proton in aqueous solution, where the proton is highly solvated (bound to a solvent).

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