What are ions and where can they be found?
Ions are molecules, which have at least lost or gained one electron and are therewith either positively or negatively charged and thus polarized. Relatively many negative ions can be found in mountain and sea air but also in the skies after a thunder storm caused by UV radiation, lightening and tiny water droplets that react with air molecules. Ions always strive for a neutral position. Some will be neutralized immediately after they originate and others have a longer life-span depending on the circumstances. Ions are capable of bonding to aerosols – those are solid or fluent substances in gases – as well as to dust particles. These will become heavier than the surrounding air and then descend. Ions will also bond to bacteria and germs of diseases and eliminate them by electrical charge. What is the effect of ions on humans? Biology scientists have been able to prove that negative oxygen ions in our respiratory air are of vital importance to the metabolism. With the help of oxygen the
