Ode Coyote wrote: > Hucksters have been using this muddled definition to make small particle > claims for a long time. > > A better definition is, "A single atom that has lost or gained an electron, > thus displaying an electronic charge." [To include ionized gasses, plazmas > and such]
No it can be more than one atom. Take silver oxide for example, it is Ag2O, and when it ionizes when dissolved it splits into Ag2++ and O--. ALL ionic compounds become positive and negative ions when dissolved in water. For instance sodium carbonate will split up into a positive Na2++ and a negative CO3--, once again more than one atom. Marshall -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
