an ion that has the opposite charge to that of another ion within the same solution
Examples of 'counterion' in a sentence
counterion
A new bisimidazolium salt with dodecyl sulfate as counterion has been designed and prepared.
Doina Manaila Maximean, Viorel Cîrcu, Constantin Paul Ganea 2018, 'Dielectric properties of a bisimidazolium salt with dodecyl sulfate anion doped withcarbon nanotubes', Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnologyhttps://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.19. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Perchlorate acts as a counterion to balance the charge.
Feng Wang, Jianming Zhang, Qirong Wang, Shiying Huang 2008, 'Bis(N,N-dimethylformamide-κO)bis(1-methylimidazole-2-carbaldehyde oximato-κ2N,O)manganese(III)perchlorate', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536808034016. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Syntheses with average values of each parameter were also performed, totalizing 9 experiments for each counterion.
Ivan Henrique Silva Amorim, Patricia Figueiredo Santos, Paulo Roberto Filgueiras,Priscilla Paiva Luz 2018, 'Factorial Design and Evaluation of the Influence of Cu2+ Salts Counterions on theSynthesis of MOF 199', Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistryhttp://www.orbital.ufms.br/index.php/Chemistry/article/view/1213. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We herein investigated the counterion-dependent redox charging properties of gold nanocluster films in polar organic solvents.
Wanzhen Li, Dan Wang, Qinqin Sun, Bin Su 2011, 'Ion transfer coupled discrete charging of immobilised gold nanoclusters in polar organicsolvents', Electrochemistry Communicationshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388248111002244. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This manuscript studied the effect of counterion on the glass transition and recrystallization behavior of amorphous salts of prazosin.
Arvind K. Bansal, Dharmesh Popat, Lokesh Kumar 2011, 'Investigation of the Atypical Glass Transition and Recrystallization Behavior of AmorphousPrazosin Salts', Pharmaceuticshttp://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/3/3/525/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We discuss the effects that the solvent and counterion had on the crystal packing and spin crossover properties.
Wasinee Phonsri, David S. Macedo, Barnaby A. I. Lewis, Declan F. Wain, Keith S. Murray 2019, 'Iron(III) Azadiphenolate Compounds in a New Family of Spin Crossover Iron(II)–Iron(III)Mixed-Valent Complexes', Magnetochemistryhttps://www.mdpi.com/2312-7481/5/2/37. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)