ionization
ahy uh nuh zay shuhn
- n the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge)
the ionization of a gas - n 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
- During the present sunspot cycle ionization has increased about 50% in the E and F1 layers, about 200% in the high F2 layer.
- The ionization chamber, on the other hand, has a response that is proportional to the ionization that the particles produce in passing through the chamber.
- By this means density of ionization and fluctuations therein may be charted.