As nouns the difference between ion and electron
is that ion is an atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution while electron is the subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.
As a proper noun Ion
is son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people.
ion
Noun
(
en noun)
An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.
Derived terms
* anion
* autoion
* byion
* cation
* coion
* counterion
* gegenion
* ionic
* ionise, ionize
* ionogenic
* ionome
* macroion
* microion
* multiion
* nebenion
* photoion
* polyion
* sulphion
* thermion
electron
Noun
(
en noun)
(particle) The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.
(chemistry, obsolete) Alloys of magnesium and other metals, like aluminum or zinc, that were manufactured by the German company Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron.
Related terms
* electronic
* electronics
* free electron
