Argonium

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cation (ArH⁺) formed by protonation of an argon atom uncountable

    "Our results demonstrate the suitability of argonium as a tracer of the almost purely atomic, diffuse ISM in high-redshift sources."

Example

More examples

"Our results demonstrate the suitability of argonium as a tracer of the almost purely atomic, diffuse ISM in high-redshift sources."

Etymology

From argon + -onium.

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