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Ion vs Superion - What's the difference?

ion | superion |

As nouns the difference between ion and superion

is that ion is ion (electrically charged atom) while superion is (chemistry) an ion, consisting of a large cluster of atoms, in which the charge is spread over many atoms.

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

    superion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) An ion, consisting of a large cluster of atoms, in which the charge is spread over many atoms

    • Derived terms

    * superanion * supercation

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