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Ion vs Olation - What's the difference?

ion | olation |

As nouns the difference between ion and olation

is that ion is ion (electrically charged atom) while olation is (inorganic chemistry) the process by which metal ions form polymeric oxides in aqueous solution.

ion

English

(wikipedia 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

    olation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) The process by which metal ions form polymeric oxides in aqueous solution.

    • Related terms

    * oxolation