• Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    13 days ago

    Free radicals are essentially ionized molecules. So radical Islam is just like normal Islam but missing an electron.

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      Free radicals and ions are quite different. Consider the .OH radical and -OH ion.

      .OH radical - no charge, one unpaired electron

      -OH ion - negative charge, no unpaired electron

      Radicals have an unpaired electron, ions have a charge. They may or may not occur alongside one another. You can have ionized free radicals but it’s not always the case, as shown in the example above.