How to Use "ionize" with Example Sentences

1. An intense laser pulse can ionize the atoms in a gas , separating electrons from protons to produce a plasma .

2. In 2004 a group led by see leang chin of laval university in canada used an infrared laser to ionize nitrogen atoms , the recombining ions and electrons then emitting light coherently .

3. They were using the laser to excite and ionize the atoms liberated by the heat of the flame in order to measure the characteristic emissions of different flames .

4. However , this approach calls for a very powerful laser , and chin 's group obtained only a very small gain coefficient , which means the researchers had to ionize a long stretch of air to get any significant lasing action .