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Any chemical compound, one element of which is hydrogen, that dissociates in solution to produce free hydrogen ions. See ion. For example, hydrochloric acid, HCl, dissociates in water to produce hydrogen ions, H+, and chloride ions, Cl-. This reaction is expressed chemically as HCl H+Cl-. See dissociation.

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