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Which describes ionization

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The energy it takes to remove a valence electron from an element.

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It is radiation with enough energy that during an interaction with an atom it can remove tightly bound electrons from the orbit of an atom causing the atom to become charged, or ionized. Examples of it are x-rays, alpha and beta particles and gamma rays.

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To ionize means to add or remove electrons from an element so that it becomes an ion

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Ionization is the process by which a neutral atom will gain or lose an electron, and become a negatively or positively charged ion.

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the term ionization refers to the splitting of a compond into ions.

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Ionization is when an atom or molecule gains or loses electrons changing its charge.

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