Talk:Ionization
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[edit] Dissociation / Ionization
According to Dissociation (chemistry): "[dissociation] is frequently confused with ionization." But neither article explains the difference. Please reply at Talk:Dissociation (chemistry) Eleland 02:36, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] spelling
Does anyone know why ionization is spelt with a 'z' when the expected form would be 'ionisation' and 'ionise'? This doesn't appear to be a regional difference as all textbooks that I have seen use the spelling listed in the article.Zebulin (talk) 00:13, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
- See WP:ENGVAR. All my texts say "ionize" (even Atkins!). --Kkmurray (talk) 18:27, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
- That's exactly what I don't understand. Why is ionize universally spelt with a zed? I've never seen it spelt ionise or ionisation anywhere even though we'd expect 'ion' to have such a suffix according to the pattern seen for all other words. I'm aware that some generally use 'ize' instead of 'ise' for all such suffixes but this seems to be a case where everybody uses 'ize'. Zebulin (talk) 04:21, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
It does not matter whether you spell ionise or ionised with a z or s. My dictionary says that the spelling with an s is more common in British English. In Scientific articles, either spelling is allowed, although the z variant seems to be used more often. I guess the important thing is to only use one of the two variants in the article. AJH.
