Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To convert or be converted totally or partially into ions.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To Ionicize.
- In physical chemistry: To separate into ions: said of the solvent in which an electrolyte is dissolved.
- To produce ions in (air or other gas): said of Röntgen rays, of cathode and various other rays, of the electric field, of a glowing metal, and of violet light.
Wiktionary
- v. chemistry, physics To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. (Physics, Chemistry) to dissociate into ions, as by dissolution in water or another polar solvent.
- v. (Physics, Chemistry) To convert (an atom or molecule) into ions, e. g. by dissolving in water, by reaction with acid or alkali, or by interaction with ionizing radiation. See ionization.
WordNet 3.0
- v. become converted into ions
- v. convert into ions
Etymologies
- ion + -ize (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It uses radio waves to ionize a propellant and magnetic fields to accelerate the resulting plasma to generate thrust.en. wikipedia.org/wiki/VASIMR”
“Cell phones don't emit energy great enough to ionize molecules in living cells.”
“According to textbook biophysics, only radiation that has enough energy to ionize molecules — that is, knock off electrons — can trigger cancer.”
“That is, the ultraviolet radiation from those first objects had to ionize hydrogen between the galaxies, splitting it into protons an electrons.”
“After this distance, the collision rate drops off and can no longer cause the ionization of atoms however, radiative processes caused by photons from the sun can still ionize the atoms, but this is no longer indicative of the temperature of the atoms.”
Measuring the Coronal Temperature with Iron | Universe Today
“Atomic vapor processes work on the principle of photo-ionization, whereby a powerful laser is used to ionize particular atoms present in a vapor of uranium metal.”
“In 1898, after laboriously isolating various substances by successive chemical reactions and crystallizations of the products, which they then tested for their ability to ionize air, the Curies announced the discovery of polonium, and then of radium salts weighing about 0.1 gram that had been derived from tons of uranium ore.”
“In other ion-based dryers, I'm told, the Tourmaline is sprayed on the barrel of the dryer, Soon enough, hot air wears that coating down, and the dryer loses its special powers --- that is, its ability to ionize the hot air.”
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“Both solar wind ions and neutrals will impact with enough energy to ionize and/or cause many reactions – 100s of eV, AFAIU, as opposed to a few eV.”
LCROSS Confirms "Buckets" of Water on the Moon | Universe Today
“This would ionize the dust on it which would send it flying away from the body.”
Russia May Head Mission to Deflect Asteroid Apophis | Universe Today
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