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originally posted by: Phage
To the OP:
Hydrogen ions and oxygen ions are not water.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: Phage
To the OP:
Hydrogen ions and oxygen ions are not water.
The ionosphere is a sea of electrons where the atomic components of molecules are in their cation form. 2 H+, O+ and electrons gives you water: H2O. This is because it is in plasma form, the 4th state of matter. In this state of matter molecules dissociate into ions and free electrons.