[PJK @ Jul 17th 2007 5:24AM]

Ions are atoms , protons are subatomic particles.

[Apoorva @ Jul 17th 2007 5:50AM]

Yea,thats true.But what i've written above is true as well...right?

[fsamara @ Jul 17th 2007 6:13AM]

H+ has one proton, "so an ion is a proton" only applies for H+

[Joe @ Jul 17th 2007 9:22AM]

The best way to state it is that a proton (H+) is an ion. Ions are any charged particle, by that definition electrons are ions. He+ which consists of 2 protons, 1 electron, and 1 neutron is also an ion.
The reasoning behind why this should work is because of how conduction take places (read as takes place) in cubic zirconia. Normal conduction in say a copper wire works through an electron transfer. A single electron is introduced at one end of the wire, which results in a Cu- ion at that end of the wire. Then, an electron is passed from the Cu- ion to its neighboring Cu atom. This process repeats until an electron exits the other end of the wire. This article suggests that cubic zirconia does not work this way. Now, I have never heard of protonic movement before today, but it sounds to me like the same process as above only an H+ ion is passed from atom to atom. Although, that is what it sounds like, I wouldn't expect a positively charged ion to behave in that fashion. Normally, a positively charged ion would attempt to steal an electron from another atom rather than give up a proton. Stealing an electron is much easier since they are moving around outside the nucleus which makes them more accessable.