: a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water                                      
                
                     
            
   
                   
             
                    
                        
        
        
                                
        
                
                
                
        
                
     
    
                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
            
                                    
                        
                                                    
                                
                       
                                        
                
                                                
                            
            
                                    
                                    
                        
                                                                
                
                                                            
                                    
                                
                                                    
                    
                
                                    
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                    
                                    
                            
                                                               
                                                
  
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