The start of the new year is the perfect time to double check your home's smoke alarms to be sure they're properly installed ...

Smoke detectors typically use optical sensors or ionization sensors to detect the particles present in smoke. When smoke particles enter the detector, they disrupt the normal flow of light or ...

Photoelectric, ionization, or both? Ionization models are good at detecting fires that burn fast and move quickly, like kitchen grease fires. Photoelectric models are good for detecting smoldering ...

Its products also have multiple sensor types — its ionization sensors detect invisible fire particles, while its photoelectric sensors detect only visible particles. Firex also makes combination ...

Led by Director Ihee Hyotcherl, researchers at the Center for Advanced Reaction Dynamics (CARD) in the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have achieved real-time capture of the ionization process ...