3 ms·Shouldn't it be phonons?by choonway 10y agoShouldn't it be phonons?drbw 10y agoNo - they mean hydrogen ions, which are just bare protons.dnautics 10y agowell no single proton actually makes it all the way across, so it is a phonon!adrianN 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotthuss_mechanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotthuss_mechanism