Question

Why is the hydronium ion used to represent the hydrogen ion in a solution?

Answer 1

The proton cannot exist in aqueous solution, due to its positive charge it is attracted to the electrons on water molecules and the symbol H3O+ isused to represent this transfer.Hydronium ion is a molecule consisting of 3 hydrogens and one oxygen: H3O+ .

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Answer 2

✰ Question Given :

• ➼ hydronium ions are always in the form H3O+

✰ Required Solution :

• ➼ Hydronium ion are always in the form of H3O+ because hydrogen ion can't exist alone, but they exist after combining with water molecule.

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