As nouns the difference between ion and isomerism
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 isomerism is the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae.
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
isomerism
English
Noun
(-)
(chemistry) the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae
(chemistry) the interconversion of isomers
Derived terms
* structural isomerism
* geometric isomerism = cis-trans isomerism
* optical isomerism or stereoisomerism
See also
* tautomerism
