As verbs the difference between ionize and autoionize
is that ionize is to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated while autoionize is to spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state.
ionize
English
Alternative forms
* ionise
Verb
(ioniz)
(chemistry, physics) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.
Derived terms
* deionize
* ionization
* ionizer
* ionizing
autoionize
English
Alternative forms
*autoionise
Verb
(autoioniz)
(physics, of an atom or molecule) To spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state
Derived terms
*autoionization
*autoionizer
