ionisation


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Noun 1. ionisation - the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge); "the ionization of a gas"
condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
2. ionisation - the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas
natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
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Cylindrical parallel plate ionisation chamber was used to determine depth dose data and give correct dose information close to the surface and at depth in the water phantom.
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Mark Engelenburg, CEO of the Netherlands-based company ATECA, says copper-silver ionisation is the best technique in preventing Legionella outbreak and other bacteria.
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ACI's De-ionisation Air Knives are based upon the company's standard units which are used for cleaning, cooling and drying operations, but have a powerful ionisation bar attached to ionise delivered air to neutralise static charges for more effective cleaning.
Reducing costs and rejects
The assays are utilised to determine hemoglobin variants and diabetes risk, using Bruker's Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation (MALDI) Biotyper platform for clinical mass spectrometry and based on intellectual property developed at the UVic GBC Proteomics Centre.
i"?Bruker collaborates with the University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre
The MineralPURE Pool System uses a copper/silver ionisation process to cleanse the water, reducing the amount of chlorine required by up to 80 per cent.
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"The precise quantity of foodstuffs subject to ionisation in the European Union cannot be calculated for 2004." This is the conclusion drawn by the European Commission in its 2004 report on the treatment of foodstuffs by ionisation, approval of which was deferred pending translation in the course of August.
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WITH choice of chrome or white finish, this ionisation alarm is one of the simplest from EI Electronics' range.
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Rez (11) published a number of K shell ionisation cross sections based on hydrogenic wavefunctions, and L and M cross sections based on Hartree-Slater wavefunctions.
Accurate cross sections for microanalysis

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