Word: ionics
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...manifest destiny at its finest: a ray of sunlight bursting through the clouds above a towering range of imaginary mountains. Her date slouched against a pillar nearby, his hands in his pockets. In front of him was a framed shipwreck chalked on brown paper. Another couple lounged between the Ionic columns, their chitchat dramatized by theatrically yellowed lighting. They were framed against the white wall, and as the night progressed, the negative space between their profiles shrank and shrank again. Beneath them, on the dance floor, the tipsy teetered on their high heels and clung to their partners?...
AgION's microbicide is silver, a metal long known to have potent anti-infective properties yet lacking the tendency of many organic agents to generate resistance. Trouble is, silver atoms have to be in an ionic (charged) state--as they are in solutions of silver salts--to kill microbes. Pure silver doesn't release enough ions to pack much disinfecting punch. Its salts, on the other hand, wash away too easily...
...when I drove up to the courthouse in a gusting October rain, I was a little disappointed. There weren’t any ionic columns, severe and symbolic, as in the long opening shot of 12 Angry Men. Instead, the district courthouse was a National Guard armory modified for civilian use by the addition of low suspended ceilings and indoor/outdoor carpeting...
...Ionic Breeze Quadra
...smoke cigars with my guy friends—when my girlfriend comes home, she has no idea how much fun we had.” Be like that guy with slicked-back hair who uses an Ionic Breeze Quadra. The Quadra filtering device has a patented “Zenion Effect” that positively charges incoming air, then directs it towards the negative charged grid, which catches particles and pushes out clean air. It’s quiet and cheap, and eliminates odors and chemical fumes in your home—and home air may be five times more...