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« on: January 26, 2013, 08:05:03 am »
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Re: My Hairdryer emits ions? wtf?
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2013, 10:15:58 am »
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I'm not 100% sure how it works, but it helps prevent your hair going static.
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Re: My Hairdryer emits ions? wtf?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2013, 10:50:39 am »
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I'm not 100% sure how it works, but it helps prevent your hair going static.
yeah, ok, but what are these ions. Like what kind of ions

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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2013, 10:59:09 am »
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Having done a brief google search, it seems the hairdryer manages to ionise the air around it.
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Re: My Hairdryer emits ions? wtf?
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2013, 04:15:19 pm »
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This is probably the best conglomerate of random links I can find: http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=250642

This is probably the most helpful single article: http://www.explorecuriocity.org/Content.aspx?contentid=182

This one just becomes hilarious because homeopathy makes a cameo: http://www.badscience.net/2003/11/because-youre-worth-it/

And for a less scientific analysis: http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=1935
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