Topic: plasma
Definition:

  • the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
  • a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons
  • "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma"

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  • Resources:

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    Devoted to plasma physics and controlled fusion research.
    http://www.pppl.gov/

    Perspective on Plasmas
    Educational information on plasma applications including controlled fusion.
    http://www.plasmas.org