Ionic Car AIr Purifier

Ionic Car Air Purifiers

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Many people have fairly odd smells in their cars. Maybe you know where it came from, and maybe you don't. Perhaps you bought a used car and it smells like cigarettes or some other smell. What it really comes down to is if your car smells you want to get rid of it. You have probably tried the little pine tree shaped air fresheners and many other options in vain, only to find they only covered up the smell and added a new equally obnoxious smell to your car. Luckily there is a great way to erase the smells that fill your car, you can use an ionic car air purifier.

Ionic air purifiers for cars work in a very different way when compared most air purification systems. Unlike most systems, which seek to cover up the smell with a different smell, ionic purifiers use static electricity to change the particles themselves. Air ionizers have an electrode in them that draws airborne particles to it. This effect is very similar to static electricity. The airborne particles then become ions. Ions are molecules with either a positive or negative charge. These are created by either adding or removing an electron. A negative ion is called an anion, and a positive ion is called a cation. Most ionic car air purifiers create anions. This causes the particle to try and ground itself by reaching an earthly conductor. The particles will then either fall to the ground or stick to the wall in order to reach equilibrium. From this process the airborne particles causing the odor become no longer airborne and also lose their smell.

An ionic air purifier for your car will do many things. Because of the aforementioned process, ionic air purifiers do not need to use any kind of chemical cleaning agent and also do not try and cover up odors with other smells. They also do not have filters. This allows them to be much smaller with require virtually no maintainable and still be extremely effective for keeping fumes and odors out of your car. These air ionizers will also completely eliminate bacteria in the air as well as other particles. They can relieve your allergies(as well as hay fever and asthma) because the pollens and dusts that cause the symptoms will be virtually eliminate in the cabin of your car.

These products also begin to show effectiveness immediately. Most ionic car air purifiers work simply by plugging them into the cigarette lighter. It will usually have a plastic or metal housing and extend, at most, a few inches out of the cigarette lighter. They don't take up any extra space so your car will not be any more cluttered than it was before. Many people who first get these are surprised that almost immediately after you plug them in, like magic, they are suddenly in a odorless environment.

How Ionic Car Air Purifiers Work

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At first it would seem that ionic air purification technology is very complicated, but it is much simpler than your would think. The simple answer is just that air passed through it, and the contaminant particles become electrically charged as the air passes through the machine. If your particular model has metal plates (this is much more common in much bigger models for the home, such as the famous sharper image models) then the particles will stick the the metal plates.

If you have a model with metal plates you will need to clean them off at times, and this is the only maintenance you will ever have to do. Many people are amazed by the amount of black gunk stuck to the plates. Just imagine, if you hadn't been purifying the air, all of this would have been inside your lungs.

The thing that confuses most people, is how the air gets into the ionic car air purifier in the first place. After all, there are no fans. What causes the air to move? This is much easier to explain if you have a model that has metal plates. All of the air around the device is charged, and the plates are charged oppositely, and the air from outside the device rushes towards the plates causing airflow.

In most ionic car air purifier models there is no actual airflow at all. At least not directly caused by the device. However, there is a lot of natural airflow that allows it to work. While driving you may have a vent running, which will cause the air to circulate. When the air is circulating the small unit will be able to charge the majority of the air in the car. Having windows open will also help the air circulate. The great thing though, is that the cabin of cars is usually small enough the air doesn't even have to circulate. Most car models also only really try and get rid of odors, rather than cleaning the air. For a higher price, though not much higher, there are ionic devices that are purposed to clean the air in your car.

Most people also wonder how the car units without plates work. After the air particles have been charged by the device where do they go if they don't have a electronic plate to stick to? The particles instantly fall to the ground or stick to the walls. Particles like to stay at their natural state so after being charged they must be grounded. The only way to do this is to touch a grounded location or stick to oppositely charged metal plates.

Ionic Car Air Purifier Dangers

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I have heard many different questions about dangers associated with ionic car air purifiers. For the most part these worries are completely unfounded. All dangers you always hear about are actually caused by ozone generating air purifiers rather than ionizing car air purifiers. There is a big difference between an ionizing air purifier and a ozone air purifier. The purifiers that are known to produce ozone gases are the ones that can occasionally cause health problems.

Even if both of these devices operate in a similar way, the two should never be confused. Ionizers create positively or negatively charged molecules that stick to other molecules in a effect that is similar to static electricity(how people's hair rises when close to a balloon for example). These charged molecules are created by an electrostatic charged plate. Products that claim they produce Ozone create special O3 oxygen molecules by adding an extra oxygen ion to an already existing O2 molecule. This is done with either UV lights or corona discharge tubes. It is important to note however that ionizers do product ozone as well, but in significantly smaller amounts. Just the same ozone generators will product ions other than ozone unless they are fed pure oxygen.

At high concentrations it has been shown that ozone is toxic to many different creatures. It has been used against toxic airborne bacteria and other infectious organisms, but a very high concentration is needed to do this. A concentration high enough to kill humans and other animals. No ozone generating air purifier will ever get a concentration this high.

Ozone can have a few minor effects on some people though. It can aggravate asthma symptoms, cause head aches, and it can cause a sore or dry throat if you have a sensitive throat. None of these symptoms are caused by a ionic car air purifier. Ozone generators are not the focus of this website so I will leave you with some simple advice. If you are worried about health problems and have a choice, get an ionising purifier rather than an ozone generator.

Ionic Car Air Purifier Safety

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Ionic car air purifiers are derived from many different technologies. All of these technologies contain at least one reactive agent that cleans the air that we breathe. The manufacturers of these technologies willfully publish the positive effects of their products but do not necessarily talk about the negative effects of their products. It is widely known that ozone can be damaging to human health and it is also widely known ionizers and ozone based purification technology are totally different. It may be true that ionizers produce a small amount of ozone, but it is considered a safe amount.

Ionic air purifiers do not deliberately product any ozone. The ionizers currently on the market are unable to completely remove ozone from their emissions because of technological constraints. Small amounts of ozone particles are created at the same time as the positive reactive agents. These are the negative and positive ions, bipolar ions, and plasmacluster ions. The question on everyones minds however, is just how much ozone is actually produced. Almost all manufacturers cite that their emissions are extremely low. The accepted average is to be less than fifty parts per billion.

Most people point out that there is no legislations or scientific backing for the 50 ppb limit. There is some scientific evidence that agrees that staying bellow fifty parts per billion is safe. In a 2008 scientific study it was shown that exposure of 60 ppb ozone over six and a half hours only caused a small effect on the lungs of 24 of the 30 adults tested. This definitely gives legitimacy to the 50 ppb limit.

What it really comes down to is to use common sense with ionic car air purifier safety. If you are using it and you feel that your nose or throat are a little irritated then turn it off for the rest of the ride. If you have a family member who you know it bothers in the car, then turn it off. After all, all we really want this for is to remove odors. You don't even need to be in the car when using it. We use our heads when using many of the appliances that have become part of everyday life. You should do the same for your air purifier.

Ionic Car Air Purifier Removes Pollutants

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The quality of the air we breathe plays a huge role in our health. We often fail to remember this, especially with our insanely hectic schedules. Due to modern life, we inhale a multitude of different air impurities every minute. It could be poisonous gases, chemical fumes, dust, pollen, bacteria and many other potentially harmful substances. Through allergies, infections and other illnesses, these can cause severe damage to our health.

One of the best ways to remove the impurities in the air we breath is to use air purifiers. There are many different options when looking for air purifiers. They can serve many different individual purposes. When most people think of polluted air they think of industrial environments, homes, or even their offices. What they don't realize is that their cars can car just as many, if not more, harmful pollutants than these other places. The fumes created by the car are actually the biggest contaminant you might come into contact with while driving a car.

Because Americans spend a especially large amount of time in their car, it is very important to have fresh air in in the vehicle you are traveling in. Air conditioning is very good at keeping dust from building up in the air and for circulating the air, but it doesn't do anything to filter or purify it. To remove the air contaminants a ionic car air purifier will be best for the job. These units are very small, you could even carry it around in your pocket if you wanted to, and plug into a 12V cigarette lighter. These work in a very simple way. The unit creates negatively charged ions which attach themselves to positively charge air pollutants. As a result the contaminants in the air fall to the ground.

Dust particles, odors, and several other harmful particles are dealt with very well by these units. A ionic car air purifier are also pretty cheap, especially compared to the larger units used in homes. A cheaper one can run you as little as $20 and the more expensive units with more features can go up to $100. These are simply the best option for keeping the air in your car clean.