what is the difference between an ion and a radical?

Answer 1

electrons.
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an atom or group of atoms that has either gained or lost electrons and so has an electrical change.
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an electrically charged particle.ion is charged but radical is uncharged
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An atom or a compound with a net (positive or negative) electrical charge.
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An atomic particle that is electrically charged, either negatively or positively.
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An electrically charged atom or group of atoms.
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An atom or molecule that has acquired an electrical charge by the loss or gain of electrons. When electrons are stripped from hydrogen atoms in the anode side of the fuel cell, the atoms become positively charged hydrogen protons, which are ions.
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An ion is an atom that is missing one or more electrons; ions have an electrical charge. ION ENGINE An ion engine is an engine that ionizes a gas in order to propel a spacecraft. A electrical charge is used to ionize xenon gas (an inert gas like neon or helium, but heavier). In an electrical field the ions are accelerated to a speed of about 30 km/second. The high-speed xenon ions are expelled as exhaust, pushing the spacecraft in the other direction (since momentum is conserved). ...
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an atom or molecule which has a positive or a negative electrical charge.
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Atom with an unbalanced electrical charge caused by the loss or gain of one or more electrons.
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an atom that has either gained or lost an Electron making it either positively or negatively Charged.
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An atom or molecule that carries a net charge (either positive or negative) because of an imbalance between the number of protons and the number of electrons present. If the ion has more electrons than protons, it has a negative charge. If the converse is true, the ion has a positive charge. Ions with a positive charge are called cations; ions with a negative charge are called anions.
group: (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
free radical: an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule than has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule; "in the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells"

Answer 2

Ions have more or less electrons than the number of protons in the nucleii of the atoms involved. This difference in number leaves the ion with a net charge.

A radical is simply an atom or molecule with an unpaired electron.

Electrons really want to exist in pairs, and radicals are dangerous because the unpaired electron has a tendency to jump around to other molecules, often making the molecules unstable and causing them to undergo strange chemical reactions.

Answer 3

An ion is an atom that has a charge because it has either gained or lost electrons. A radical is a group of atoms that stick together in a reaction . They also have a charge, due to extra or too few electrons.

Answer 4

ions
atom (or molecule) with missing or extra electrons
charge = #protons - #electrons
charge given as a trailing superscript in nuclide symbols
positive ions are cations; negative ions are anions

A free radical is a molecule with an odd number of electrons. Free radicals do not have a completed octet and often undergo vigorous redox reactions. Free radicals produced within cells can react with membranes, enzymes, and genetic material, damaging or even killing the cell. Free radicals have been implicated in a number of degenerative conditions, from natural aging to Alzheimer's disease.

Answer 5

electrons.
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an atom or group of atoms that has either gained or lost electrons and so has an electrical change.
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an electrically charged particle.
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An atom or a compound with a net (positive or negative) electrical charge.
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An atomic particle that is electrically charged, either negatively or positively.
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An electrically charged atom or group of atoms.
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An atom or molecule that has acquired an electrical charge by the loss or gain of electrons. When electrons are stripped from hydrogen atoms in the anode side of the fuel cell, the atoms become positively charged hydrogen protons, which are ions.
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An ion is an atom that is missing one or more electrons; ions have an electrical charge. ION ENGINE An ion engine is an engine that ionizes a gas in order to propel a spacecraft. A electrical charge is used to ionize xenon gas (an inert gas like neon or helium, but heavier). In an electrical field the ions are accelerated to a speed of about 30 km/second. The high-speed xenon ions are expelled as exhaust, pushing the spacecraft in the other direction (since momentum is conserved). ...
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an atom or molecule which has a positive or a negative electrical charge.
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Atom with an unbalanced electrical charge caused by the loss or gain of one or more electrons.
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an atom that has either gained or lost an Electron making it either positively or negatively Charged.
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An atom or molecule that carries a net charge (either positive or negative) because of an imbalance between the number of protons and the number of electrons present. If the ion has more electrons than protons, it has a negative charge. If the converse is true, the ion has a positive charge. Ions with a positive charge are called cations; ions with a negative charge are called anions.
group: (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
free radical: an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule than has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule; "in the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells"

Answer 6

An ion is a chemical species with a net charge. It can either be an atom or a molecule with a positive charge [lacking electrons to complete its octet] or a negative charge [has extra electrons on its octet]. A radical on the other hand is a chemical species containing an odd number of electrons. Radicals do not have a completed octet and they often undergo vigorous redox reactions to regain stability.

Answer 7

An ion is any atom that has an excess or deficiency of electrons. A radical is any molecule that acts much the same as a single element with an excess or deficiency of electrons. Most radicals are considered carcinogenic because of their tendency to cross link DNA and other organic molecules.

Answer 8

An ion is an atom in which one or more electron or proton has been removed. Radical is a group of atoms of different elements which cannot exist independently

Answer 9

A radical is agroup of atoms of different elements which exist as integral units in the molecule of certain compounds and generaly enter or leave a chemical reaction without any change. such groups of atoms are called radical .They may be assosiated with either positive or negative valencies.
An ion is a" charged atom" of an element formed when the atom tends to gain or lose an electron of its outermost valence shell in order to gain stable electronic configeration under favourable circumstances such in achemical reaction involving atoms of 1element or groups of atoms different elements

Answer 10

An ion is an atom, group of atoms, or subatomic particle with a net electric charge.
While radicals atoms or molecule with unpaired or free electron