The forth state of matter, what do we know about it?

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Hey Everyone!

I thought I'd write this topic here because few of us know about the forth state of matter, plasma.

Facts about plasma:

Plasmas have a very great impact on our everyday life. and we don't know what it is *e

Plasmas are estimated to constitute more than 99 percent of the known universe! #t

Plasmas will be used in the most promising energy source of the future, fusion.

So, what is plasma?

If we put the three states of matter we know in order, we put them like this: solid, liquid, gas. How would plasma fit in there?

Many people think that it should be like this: solid, plasma, liquid, gas.

This is WRONG! It’s actually like this: solid, liquid, gas, and then plasma.

Yet again, what is plasma?? *e

Plasma is a gas that contains electrically charged particles, enough charged particles to significantly affect its electrical properties and behavior. Plasma is created when sad atoms are "ionized" or broken into positively charged parts (ions) and negatively charged parts (electrons).


Sorry for not finishing now
I got to go to study...

to be continued

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Ok sure gonna wait EAGERLY for the next part... Good luck on your studies tho hehe

I thought Plasma is a sticky thingie hehe... Swampy yucky thingie ewwwwwwww

Thanks for your info

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I continue today... :)

Although plasma is gaseous in nature, plasmas behave very differently from uncharged gases such as the air we breathe or the steam that comes from a kettle.

Ok, we know what plasma is now. What is it good for?

As I stated earlier, plasma has a very great impact on our daily life. Here are some of the few examples that plasma is used in:

1. Plasma process are essential in manufacturing today’s powerful computer chips.

2. The welding arcs used to construct our buildings and automobiles are plasma.

3. Florescent lamps, the work horses of modern lighting, contain plasma in a tube. Plasma is also found in the tubes of street lamps and neon lights.

4. Plasma flat panel displays are used in high resolution television monitors.

5. Not only plasma is used in to harden automobile parts, but the very spark in a car's spark plug is plasma!

6. Plasma is used in pollution cleanup, water purification, and waste treatment and recycling of metals.

7. Plasma is used in creating high-temperature protective coatings for turbine blades in jet engines.

8. In hospitals, plasma is found in gas lasers used in surgery, it's also used in surface hardening of artificial joints and sterilization of medical instruments.

9. Fusion, the most promising power source of the future, takes place in plasma heated to over 100 million degrees Celsius!

10. and MUCH more :D

Where do we find plasma in nature?

Good question, we can find them in many places on earth like:

1. The auroras (Northern Lights and Southern Lights found in the North and South Pole) are caused by charged partials from the solar wind striking plasma in the earth's ionosphere.

2. Lightning is plasma that occurs when a powerful electric discharge between the earth and clouds ionizes the atmosphere along its path.

3. All stars, including our sun, are fusion reactors made of plasma.

4. Nebulas in space are rarefied plasma that are incubators for stars.

I've been wondering, what does this plasma have to do with plasma in our blood?

Simply, they have NOTHING to do with each other :D They just have the same name. As if there aren’t enough names in this world :p[HR]

Ok, that's it folks! Tomorrow I will make a flash movie about human cloning. Stay tuned ;)

See ya tomorrow