Counterion
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title:
Counterion
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In chemistry, a counterion is the ion that accompanies an ionic species in order to maintain electric neutrality. In table salt the sodium ion is the counterion for the chloride ion and vice versa. A counterion will be more commonly referred to as an anion or a cation, depending on whether it is negatively or positively charged. Thus, the counterion to an anion will be a cation, and vice versa. In biochemistry, counterions are generally vaguely defined. Depending on their charge, proteins are as
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Ion which negates another oppositely-charged ion in an ionic molecule
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterion
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2022-10-27T19:26:32Z
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