Flash SaleLife Ionizers Glossary of Terms: Everything You Need to Know
Sometimes we forget not everyone has been around water ionizers for more than 22 years! During your research online and over the phone, you will likely hear a lot of technical terms and other industry-specific terms that may need a little deciphering. Well, that’s exactly what our glossary is here for!
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This is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely porous so it has a very large surface area available for chemical reactions. This is the age old standard for removing chlorine.
An antioxidant is a molecule capable of slowing or preventing the oxidation of other molecules. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that steals electrons from a substance, altering or destroying it as a result. Oxidation reactions in the body can produce free radicals, which start chain reactions that damage cells. Antioxidants stop these harmful chemical reactions.
Although oxidation reactions are crucial for life, they can also be damaging; this is why your body uses multiple types of antioxidants, such as glutathione, vitamin C, and vitamin E as well as enzymes such as catalase, superoxide dismutase and various peroxidases to fight oxidation.
Low levels of antioxidants, or inhibition of the antioxidant enzymes, causes oxidative stress and may damage or kill cells. Since oxidative stress might be an important part of many human diseases, the use of antioxidants in pharmacology is being studied intensively, particularly as treatments for stroke and neurodegenerative diseases.
Antioxidants are widely used as ingredients in dietary supplements in the hope of maintaining health and preventing diseases such as cancer and coronary heart disease. Alkaline water is believed to slow or stop oxidation by acting as an antioxidant.
In relation to water ionizers, electrodialysis is the process of passing electrical current through water to separate it into two streams—one with alkaline minerals for drinking and the other acidic water for sanitizing. LIFE IonizersTM delivers an electrical current to the water through an array of positively and negatively charged titanium plates that are separated by an ion-permeable membrane.
In relation to water ionizers, electrodialysis is the process of passing electrical current through water to separate it into two streams—one with alkaline minerals for drinking and the other acidic water for sanitizing. LIFE IonizersTM delivers an electrical current to the water through an array of positively and negatively charged titanium plates that are separated by an ion-permeable membrane.
This is the filter media inside the filters.
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor diode that emits light when an electrical current is applied in the forward direction of the device, as in the simple LED circuit. LEDs are widely used as indicator lights on electronic devices and increasingly in higher power applications such as flashlights and area lighting. Besides lighting, interesting applications include using UV-LEDs for sterilization of water and disinfection of devices, and as a grow light to enhance photosynthesis in plants.
Most efficient ionizer plates available in any brand of ionizer. Life’s new XL Matrix GRID™ plates increase the efficiency of the ionization process by providing more edges for energy to transfer from the plates and into the water – where alkaline water is actually ionized. Life’s new high efficiency XL Matrix GRID™ plates produce the highest pH and antioxidant ORP levels you can get in a home ionizer at full flow rates. Competing ionizers have to slow the flow of water way down to try and match Life’s performance.
Life’s new XL chambers are triple reinforced to overcome the #1 cause of water ionizer failure: Ionization chamber breakage. Life’s new large XL ionization chambers increase the contact time that water has with the ionizer plates, which increases the pH and antioxidant ORP levels that Life Ionizers can produce. Life guarantees that our new M Series XL systems will outperform all other comparable ionizers.
Some health experts suggest that consuming hydrogen leads to many health benefits. Life’s new Molecular Hydrogen XL technology enables Life to make more molecular hydrogen than all other brands of ionizer. Life’s combination of XL Matrix GRID plates and XL Power Systems produces the highest levels of molecular hydrogen that a glass of ionized alkaline water can hold. Life guarantees it.
Bacteria and other pathogens can strike at any time. Treatment problems, natural disasters, and even pipeline repairs can introduce harmful pathogens to your water supply – without warning. Life’s powerful new Ultraviolet XL Sterilization System™ destroys harmful pathogens in your water. Industrial Sized! UV light that is essential as an insurance to any water municipality failure and possible mold/bacteria buildup. A Life Ionizer exclusive that is the only EPA certified way of eliminating viruses, parasitic cysts and more without the use of chemicals.
pH stands for potential hydrogen, it measures the amount of dissolved hydrogen in the water that is available for chemical reactions. The main thing to note is that the pH scale is logarithmic (like the Richter scale for earthquakes). This means the difference between a pH reading of 8 compared to 9 it means that water at a pH of 9 is TEN times stronger than water at a pH of 8.
Source water is the water that comes out of your faucet. Your local water utility is considered to be the source of your water.
Surface area measures of how much area the plates in an ionizer have.. It is expressed in square inches or centimeters. If a plate is flat, its surface area can be calculated by multiplying the length of the plate times the width. GRID plates have more surface area than flat plates because of their uneven surface. Due to this extra surface area, GRID plates can make alkaline water with higher pH and antioxidant ORP levels than flat plates.
In an ionizer, an electrical charge is delivered to the water through an array of metallic plates. The majority of quality water ionizers contain plates that are made with titanium with platinum coating. These plates are safe; they work efficiently, and they last. Watch out for phrases like “platinized titanium,” as these are not platinum/titanium plates. It is ideal for the plates to be dipped, not just spray coated. All LIFE IonizersTM titanium plates are dipped in platinum, so they are true platinum/titanium plates.
