Proton (disambiguation)
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A proton is a subatomic particle.
Proton may also refer to:
In chemistry
- Proton, the hydron ion (notated H+
) - Proton, hydronium (also called hydroxonium) ion (notated H
3O+
) - Proton-pump inhibitor, a group of drugs
- Proton conductor, an electrolyte
- Proton-coupled electron transfer, a chemical reaction mechanism
- Proton spectrum, the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of the 1H nucleus
In technology
- Ozone Proton, a French paraglider design
- Protei-5 Russian diver propulsion vehicle called a "Proton", Russian diver propulsion vehicle
- Proton (rocket family), Russian unmanned space vehicle design
- Proton satellite, Soviet satellite
- Proton, a make of rebreather breathing set made by Siebe Gorman
- Proton-K, a rocket
- Proton-M, a rocket
- Proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry, a technique to monitor volatile organic compounds online
- The original code name of the Acorn microcomputer that became the BBC Micro
In business
- Proton (bank card), an electronic purse for debit cards in Belgium
- Proton Bank, an investment bank in Greece
- Proton (automobile), a Malaysian car producer
- Proton Radio, an internet electronic music station
- Proton (supermarkets), a Greek chain of independent retailers
Sport
- Proton FC, football club in the Malaysian Premier League sponsored by the carmaker that existed between 1986 and 2009
- Proton Competition, a German auto racing team
Other uses
- Proton, a geologic province of a craton that is between 1.6 and 2.5 billion years old, which developed in the Proterozoic Eon
- USS Proton (AG-147), a US Navy tank landing ship
- Professor Proton, a fictional scientist