Does protons float around in solution as tiny positive charges?
Answer:
No - because it is so small a proton has a very high positive charge density and strongly attracts negative charges towards it. The most accessible negative charges in an aqueous solution are the lone pairs on the oxygen atoms in a water molecule. A lone pair is so strongly pulled towards the H+ ion that it forms a coordinate (dative) bond to it, leading to the formation of a H3O+ (hydronium or hydroxonium) ion:
H2O:→H+
no they combine with water(or any other medium) to form h3o+
Yes, more or less. They are usually considered as bonding to water, but the freely move about changing which water they are "bonded" to.
no, it is the electron that floats around.
this is because protons always stick together with nucleus and don't move around.
no.they exist as hydronium ions(H3O+)
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