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It is based on the amount of ionization produced in a standard volume of air by X-rays.
Critics say these ionization alarms are also too quick to sense cooking smoke.
a flame ionization detector
Ionization may be caused by firing light or electrons on to atoms, or by passing an electric spark through gas.

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ionization | American Dictionary

ionization
noun[ U ]
us/ˌɑɪ·ə·nəˈzeɪ·ʃən/
physics, chemistry
the process by which an ion is produced

Examples of ionization

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An interesting lack of uniqueness occurs in the case of flows past purely magnetic obstacles if the ionization is produced in a bow shock.
Supersonic ionization wave driven by radiation transport in a short-pulse laser-produced plasma.
The presence of the diamagnetic current requires a certain degree of ionization.
Furthermore, the recombination in the presence of a neutral body (wall) is important at a low degree of ionization.
Finally, we also observe that the electron temperature at breakdown decreases as the second ionization coefficient and the cathode increases.
The screening length decreases with ionization and the difference does not exceed 20%.
Ionization of atoms in an alternating electric field.
Because at this distance the laser spot is large, the corresponding laser intensity and the electronic plasma temperature are low and the ionization is minimal.
For these experiments, an ion beam with a 2-mm diameter aligned exactly to the channel axis was used to prepare the ionization channel.
The ionization and dissociation process is enhanced when the molecular axis is oriented along the laser polarization direction.
So are the profiles of the ionization front.
We found prominent ionization dynamics which evolve transiently in the solid through multiple stages.
We found a prominent ionization dynamics which evolves through multiple time scales.
The ionization 0 dissociation mechanism can be studied by observing the fragmentation patterns in the mass spectra obtained.
The number densities of the ionized species is usually computed in terms of the ionization rate of the cosmic rays.
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