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General => Academics => Topic started by: The Niche on September 05, 2010, 02:46:21 pm

Title: Plasma physics
Post by: The Niche on September 05, 2010, 02:46:21 pm
Actually no. I just wanted to know because I'm too lazy to read the wikipedia article. If plasma is a gas with no electrons, what happens to the electrons? Do they fall off and become electric current or something? Do they explode with style?
Title: Re: Plasma physics
Post by: Subsonic_Noise on September 05, 2010, 03:46:05 pm
My spidey-senses tell me that they probably would attach themselves to the next possible atoms, turning them into Ions witha negative charge, just because every atom except for a certain group of elements called "Edelgase" in german) can use some electrons and they don't like flying around all alone either. I don't know any of the words needed to properly explain this though, and I could be horribly wrong. But that's what me spidey senses told me.
Title: Re: Plasma physics
Post by: The Niche on September 05, 2010, 04:11:02 pm
Actually, that sounds fairly right. How the hell I didn't think of that, I do not know. The Edelgase elements are called the Nobel/Noble gases in English I think. Thanks for the answer.

Soooo, who else has questions about plasma?