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- noun chemistry The
autoionization ofwater (or similar compounds) in which aproton (hydrogen ion ) is transferred to form acation and ananion e.g. 2H2O => H3O+ + OH-
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Due to the autoprotolysis of water (2H2O OH - + H3O+) even the purest possible water conducts electricity, even though not a lot.
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