ionization
Britishnoun
Vocabulary lists containing ionization
Physics - High School
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Electromagnetic Radiation - High School
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Earlier work using mass spectrometry indicated that single-electron ionization could help break C-H bonds, but that method could only infer structures in the gas phase and could not isolate solid products.
From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025
The EPA further warned that ionization technology has the potential to generate ozone and other potentially harmful byproducts indoors.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025
While scientists expected to see this same ionization near the Uranus moons, they were surprised to see a “vacuum magnetosphere” with no water ions.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2024
It’s located about 1,000 light years from Earth and it’s visible thanks to the ionization of gases by the blue giant star Persei.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024
During one collaboration, he and Philip Abelson were bedeviled by the erratic performance of an ionization chamber until Abelson noticed that its behavior corresponded to Kamen’s wanderings around the room.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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