Definition Of Plasma

Definition Of Plasma

The state that consists of super energetic and super excited particles in the form of ionized gases is plasma

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• The fluorescent tubes and neon sign bulbs consist of plasma
• Inside neon sign bulb there is neon gas and inside a fluorescent tube there is helium gas or some other gas
• The gas gets ionized, that is, gets charged when electrical energy flows through it
• This charging up creates a plasma glowing inside a tube or bulb
• The plasma glows with a special color depending on the nature of gas
• The sun and stars glow because of the presence of plasma in them
• The plasma is created in stars because of high temperature
• Heating a gas may ionize its molecules or atoms (reducing or increasing the number of electrons in them), thus turning it into a plasma, which contains charged particles: positive ions and negative electrons or ions
• Ionization can be induced by other means, such as strong electromagnetic field applied with a laser or microwave generator, and is accompanied by the dissociation of molecular bonds if present’
• Plasmas are a lot like gases, but the atoms are different, because they are made up of free electrons and ions of an element such as neon
• They are different and unique from the other states of matter.
• Plasma is different from a gas, because it is made up of groups of positively and negatively charged particles
• In neon gas, the electrons are all bound to the nucleus. Whereas in neon plasma, the electrons are free to move around the system.
• Man-made plasmas are everywhere
• Charging and exciting of the atoms creates glowing plasma inside the bulb. The electricity helps to strip the gas molecules of their electrons
• Another example of plasma is a neon sign. Just like a fluorescent lights, neon signs are glass tubes filled with gas
• When the light is turned on, the electricity flows through the tube. The electricity charges the gas and creates plasma inside of the tube
• Stars are big balls of gases at really high temperatures. The high temperatures charge up the atoms and create plasma
• Stars are a good example of how the temperature of plasmas can be very different
• Fluorescent lights are cold compared to really hot stars
• In 1920, Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose had done some calculations for a fifth state of matter. Based on that, Einstein predicted a new state of matter, Bose Einstein condensate

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