Define and explain auto-ionization of water??? Explain please??

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Auto-ionization of water is an ionization reaction in pure water or in another aqueous solution, in which a water molecule, H2O, loses the nucleus of one of its hydrogen atoms to become a hydroxide ion, OH−.

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in pure water, H2O molecules undergo a reaction in which two molecules react in such a way that one molecule give its H+ ion to other molecule and become a hydroxyl ion(OH-) and molecule which gain H+ ion become H3O+ ion.

Explanation:

H2O + H2O ⇄ ( H3O+) +( OH-)

answer carbon and three oxygen atoms;