Autoprotolysis

Origin

- + auto + protolysis

Full definition of autoprotolysis

Noun

autoprotolysis

(usually uncountable; plural autoprotolyses)

(chemistry) The autoionization of water (or similar compounds) in which a proton (hydrogen ion) is transferred to form a cation and an anion e.g. 2H₂O => H

3O⁺ + OH^-

Related terms

protolysis