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Autoionization vs Autoion - What's the difference?

autoionization | autoion |

As nouns the difference between autoionization and autoion

is that autoionization is a process by which atoms or molecules spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state while autoion is an ion which has been formed by autoionization.

autoionization

English

Alternative forms

* autoionisation

Noun

(en noun)
  • A process by which atoms or molecules spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state

    • Derived terms

    * autoionizational

    See also

    * (wikipedia "autoionization")

    autoion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare, physics) An ion which has been formed by autoionization

    • Related terms

    * autoionize

    Derived terms

    * autoionic

    See also

    * (Autoionization)