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Hydron
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>, the hydron, informally called proton, is the <a href="/facts/Cationic/wrbwhF3z">cationic</a> form of atomic <a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">hydrogen</a>, represented with the symbol H+. The general term "hydron", endorsed by <a href="/facts/IUPAC/2AV6myCK">IUPAC</a>, encompasses cations of hydrogen regardless of isotope: thus it refers collectively to protons (1H+) for the protium isotope, <a href="/facts/Deuteron/Bv4wfCkw">deuterons</a> (2H+ or D+) for the <a href="/facts/Deuterium/Bv4wfCkw">deuterium</a> isotope, and tritons (3H+ or T+) for the <a href="/facts/Tritium/HWSa6EHy">tritium</a> isotope. </p><p>Unlike most other ions, the hydron consists only of a bare <a href="/facts/Atomic_nucleus/orpIm5Xl">atomic nucleus</a>. The negatively charged counterpart of the hydron is the <a href="/facts/Hydride/v2rlBGMg">hydride</a> anion, H−. </p>