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WHILE the word “hydrion” does strictly express the meaning conveyed by the symbol H+, yet in the minds of chemists it connotes all those properties associated with its hampered state in solutions, especially aqueous solutions. Even if hydrion is not hydrated like other ions, yet there is probably some sort of electrical double layer which modifies its properties. The “wet” physical chemist might abandon his term “hydrion” and the symbol, recognising that the real hydrion (H+) will have entirely different properties if ever these are known. He is in possession, however, and is not likely to do this unless, perhaps, some variant term, such as “hydro-ion,” might be found acceptable. The alternative symbol H is, of course, already to hand, and, indeed, more widely used than H+, which could be left to the physicists.
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PRIDEAUX, E. Name for the Positive Nucleus. Nature 106, 567 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106567c0
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