hydroxonium Chem.
(ˌhaɪdrɒkˈsəʊniːəm)
[a. G. hydroxonium (A. Hantzsch 1907, in Zeitschr. f. phys. Chemie LXI. 306), f. hydr- + oxonium.]
= hydronium.
| 1925 Chem. Abstr. XIX. 2309 (heading) Action of ammonium chloride vapor on metals and similarity of ammonium salts and hydroxonium salts as acids. Ibid. 2310 This expt. provides an important confirmation of Hantzsch's hydroxonium theory. 1940, 1966 [see hydronium]. 1956 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 2913 (heading) Raman spectra and constitution of solid hydrates. Hydroxonium perchlorate, nitrate, hydrogen sulphate, and sulphate. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. iii. 197 Three of the hydrogen atoms could be at 0·99 A. and one at 1·77 A., corresponding to the hydroxonium ion H3O+. |