The crystal chemistry of hydronium ions in zeolite X has been investigated by single-crystal X-ray and powder neutron diffraction. By titration of Na 96 Si 96 Al 96 O 384 with HCl, a break in the pH was observed at 6.35, at about 33 H 3 O + ions per unit cell. The structure of zeolite X in equilibrium with 0.1 M aqueous Na + at pH 6.35 was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques in the cubic space group Fd3 h at 20°C after partial dehydration (Na 60 (H 3 O) 32 (H 2 O) 24 Si 100 Al 92 O 384 , a ) 25.128(4) Å) and in Fd3 hm after complete dehydration (Na 60 H 32 Si 100 Al 92 O 384 , a ) 25.101(2) Å). In the partially dehydrated crystal, Na + ions are found at three different crystallographic sites and H 3 O + ions are found at two. Two different site I′ positions are occupied by 16 Na + and 16 H 3 O + ions, respectively, per unit cell; a water molecule bridges between two of each in each sodalite cage to give eight near tetrahedral (H 3 O + ) 2 H 2 O(Na + ) 2 clusters. Two different site III′ positions in the supercage are occupied by 16 Na + and 16 H 3 O + ions, respectively; a water molecule bridges between one of each to give 16 (H 3 O + )(H 2 O)(Na + ) clusters. Thus a structural basis for the great selectivity of zeolite Na-X for H 3 O + at near neutral pHs is demonstrated. The remaining 28 Na + ions are at site II. In the fully dehydrated single crystal, the 60 Na + ions are found at four crystallographic sites. Approximately 6 and 20 Na + ions per unit cell at sites I and I′, respectively, effectively fill the double six-rings. Thirty-two Na + ions fill site II and the remaining two are at site III′. To avoid Na + ions, at least 20 of the 32 H + ions per unit cell should be in the supercage. Finally, neutron diffraction of Na 54 (D 3 O) 42 Si 96 Al 96 O 384 • ∼ 80D 2 O at 10 K revealed the structures of the 16 D 3 O + ions in the sodalite units: D-O ) 1.13(1) Å and D-O-D ) 88(1)°. Each deuteron hydrogen bonds to a framework oxygen atom at 1.53(1) Å. The O‚‚‚O hydrogenbonding distance is 2.63(1) Å and the O-D‚‚‚O angle is 161°.