what's the property of ionized air ?

Question

Does atoms of ionized air repeal one another ?

Answer 1

"Ionization" is the process of gaining or losing electrons above or below the number normally associated with a particular element. However, this often means that atoms combine in different ways.

Ionized "air" is usually referred to as ozone. Ozone is created by electrical arcs in the air which cause oxygen atoms to bind together in 3's rather than the normal 2 atoms. So, instead of o2, we get o3 or ozone.

Most ionized gases are called "plasma" and conduct electricity quite well, and also align with magnetic fields. I don't know off hand if ozone has this property or not.

Answer 2

Ionized air usually refers to the negatively charged air that has been shown to be beneficial to health. There are household air purifiers that increase the electron content of air to achieve the higher concentration of negative ions that may help with respiratory ailments.

Negative ions do repel one another, and positively charged atoms repel one another. The negative and positive ions would tend to evenly distribute by alternating positions, so to speak, in a given volume of air.

Answer 3

Ions are atoms or molecules that are not electrically neutral, that is to say that the number of bound electrons does not equal the number of protons. Ions of the same sign (positive or negative) will repell with a force given by Coulomb's Law. This applies only at very short distances because the naked charge is 'screened' by the polarizability of nearby neutral atoms.

Answer 4

Atoms of ionized air bond together and stick to everything because they are electrically charged.