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[–] 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think de-ionize or de-ionized/de-ionization is the proper term.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    As a chemist, I somewhat agree. If something was becoming not ionized, I'd say deionization. But generally I'd go with non-ionized.

    Edit: I was pretty tired when I posted the original message. But after looking back, if something was non-ionized, I'd probably just say "neutral", since it probably doesn't have a charge.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Ironically, ionized particles tend to stick together (trying to become neutrally-charged) whereas unionized particles tend not to interact as strongly; so a group of chemists 'binding' together to form a union would actually be 'ionized' not 'unionized' ... metaphorically :p

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    While ionized particles stick to other things, they do not really stick together - at least if they are the same type of particles or rather carry the same type of charge, respectively.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (9 children)
  • [–] [S] 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Are you a scientist or a plumber?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Haha this made me laugh.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Unionized means particles without charge, i.e. particles with same amount of electrons and protons.

    Deionized is something that once had ions and through some process those ions lost their charge.

    Correct me if I'm wrong. I am not a chemist

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Aren't most plumbers shelf employed though?

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