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Water is made up primarily of neutral water molecules, H2O. However, these molecules can undergo an autoprotolysis reaction, creating hydronium (H3O+) and hydroxide (OH-) ions. Note that sometimes the hydronium ions are simply represented as H+, but this notation is not strictly correct, as free hydrogen ions do not exist in aqueous solution.

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