What is Plasma?
Posted by Sara on Tuesday, December 21, 2010
A plasma is alot like a gas. Actually, it is an ionized gas meaning that it has a continual loss of electrons. A plasma contains charged particles, positive ions, and negetive electrons.
Some possible places to find plasma:
That is the short definition. You really don't want to hear the long one. If you'd like to learn more, go to one of the following links of your choice:
Some possible places to find plasma:
- Neon Signs
- Stars
- Northern Lights
- Incandecent Lightbulbs
That is the short definition. You really don't want to hear the long one. If you'd like to learn more, go to one of the following links of your choice:
- Chem4kids: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_plasma.html
- Wikipedia (not reccomended): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics)
- Special Plasma Website: http://www.plasmas.org/
- Google (search: plasma): http://www.google.com/search?q=plasma&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&safe=active