Himalayan Salt Lamps - Do They Work?
There has been much buzz for quite 
some time about “Himalayan salt
lamps” and their wonderful healing,
air purifying abilities. Let’s take
a look at them and see what we can
make out of them. The people that
sell these lamps have made some
fantastic claims about what it is
exactly that these lamps do. These
lamps claim to purify the air of
allergens, dust, smoke, bacteria
and help people with health
conditions such as asthma, allergies
and other respiratory problems.
Let’s take a look at how the websites say these lamps work:
“The heat generated from the 15 watt light bulb inside the lamp warms the salt creates a higher surface temperature than the surrounding air. This attracts the water molecules in the cooler surrounding air. The natural humidity in the air condenses on the crystals surface. This enables the electrically bound sodium chloride mineral to split into independent (positive) sodium and (negative) chloride ions.”
That same website states that “The atomic structure of the crystal salt contains more negative chloride ions than positive sodium ions which result in the emission of negative ions during the natural ionization process. Negative ions become dust collectors, attaching themselves to positively charged dust particles and cigarette smoke purifying the circulating indoors air from dust, bacteria and pollutants.”
It’s time to put on the thinking cap, lab coat and take a look at these claims:
I’d like you to play along and do an experiment with me. You’ll need 2 pop cans – one warm and one cold. Place the 2 cans on a table and wait for about 15 minutes or so. You’ll notice that one can becomes wet on the sides of the can. Which one is it? It’s the cold one. Now, think about how those portable dehumidifiers work. They cool a wound coil inside the unit and water vapor condenses on the coil and drips down into the basin in the bottom of the unit.
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