Abstract
The proton is the only ion with a negative effective radius. Accordingly its transport by diffusion or electromigration might be expected to show unique features. The literature on proton transport in crystalline solids confirms this expectation. However, publications dealing with glass commonly treat the proton as if it were one of the alkali metal ions. This paper proposes the hypothesis that the bare proton cannot exist even momentarily in any solid, and that its transport in glasses occurs only in the company of oxygen.
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