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counterion

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coun⋅ter-i⋅on

[koun-ter-ahy-uhn, -ahy-on]
–noun Physical Chemistry.
an ion in solution that associates itself with an ion of opposite charge on the surface of a member of a solute.

Origin:
counter- + ion
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