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The proton is most naturally thought of by the chemist as the cation derived from the hydrogen atom. Except in purely descriptive chemistry it is not usually profitable to consider a single element in isolation, still less a particular ion, and the topic chosen for this book therefore requires some justification.
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Bell, R.P. (1973). Introduction. In: The Proton in Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1592-7_1
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