What is ionization?

[chrisk]

@Mycroft Holmes

Well, if it’s deuterium, and we lose a proton, we still have hydrogen.

Is that a joke??

If deuterium manages to ‘lose’ a proton, you’ve got a neutron and an electron left. Neither of which would have any reason to stay in the same neighborhood any more.

You definitely don’t still have hydrogen, because the definition of hydrogen is that it has one proton in its nucleus. Right??

[Bryan_Ekers]

@Amazon Floozy Goddess

1st Atom: I think I’ve lost an electron.
2nd Atom: Are you sure?
1st Atom: I’m positive.

2nd Atom: Where do you think it went?
1st Atom: I’m uncertain.

[Bill_Door]

@Amazon Floozy Goddess

1st Atom: I think I’ve lost an electron.
2nd Atom: Are you sure?
1st Atom: I’m positive.

Nice, I came in here specifically to make that joke. Curses, foiled again. How about this chemistry joke. “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.”