why is H+ expressed as H3O+?

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why is H+ expressed as H3O+?

2006-09-27 15:22:03 · 3 answers · asked by D C 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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Instead of floating around on its own, it's attracted to the oxygen of an H2O floating by and makes that association that we call H3O+. It's got a plus charge because it's H+ added to neutral H2O. Chemists call this funny charged molecule plus ion the hydronium ion.

2006-09-27 16:16:45 · answer #1 · answered by Lorelei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Its not, only when people refer to acid is it sometimes rearranged as such because it is extremely hard to achieve liquid H+ but getting H30+ is not nearly as difficult and serves the same purpose as H+ does in acids. That was one long sentence

2006-09-27 22:34:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

those are different things.

2006-09-27 22:29:42 · answer #3 · answered by mjb1285 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋