what is defination of plasma?
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Blood plasma is the liquid component of blood, in which the blood cells are suspended. Serum is the same as blood plasma except that clotting factors (such as fibrin) have been removed.\n\nPlasma resembles whey in appearance (transparent with a faint straw colour). It is mainly composed of water, blood proteins, and inorganic electrolytes. It serves as transport medium for glucose, lipids, hormones, metabolic end products, carbon dioxide and oxygen. (Oxygen transport capacity of plasma is much lower than that of the hemoglobin in the red blood cells; it may increase under hyperbaric conditions.) Plasma is the storage and transport medium of clotting factors and its protein content is necessary to maintain the oncotic pressure of the blood.\n\n*As a side note: you can also donate your plasma for money. Just look up clinics in your area.
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Since the change from a gas to a plasma involves stripping away the electrons from the nuclei, ionization is the correct term.
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the plasma state is the ionic form of matter hence it can not travel than = to speed of light \nhence the time depends on the energy of the plasma particle and from where it has originated from sun surface and the tem. of that part
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Solid, Liquid, gas.... plasma is sometimes considered a state
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Plasma is a state of matter when the bonds between molecular particles are broken and subatomic particles are all lumped in together. This condition of matter is achieved under extreme temperatures and pressures, typically in stars. Most of the mass of our Sun is composed of plasma matter also.
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Plasma is anticoagulated, so it contains fibrinogen and unactivated clotting factors.\n\nSerum is collected without anticoagulant, so clotting factors are activated, and fibrin is formed, which settles with the cells.
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Plasma is used to make meds to treat AIDs
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It is not chemistry.  There is some unknown trigger that causes your body (B cells that have differentiated into plasma cells to be specific)to begin producing antibodies to your own proteins or DNA or RNA, etc.  These antibodies are called autoantibodies.
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In physics and chemistry, a plasma is typically an ionized gas, and is usually considered to be a distinct phase of matter in contrast to solids, liquids and gases. "Ionized" means that at least one electron has been dissociated from a proportion of the atoms or molecules. The free electric charges make the plasma electrically conductive so that it responds strongly to electromagnetic fields.\nExcept near the electrodes, where there are sheaths containing very few electrons, the ionized gas contains ions and electrons in about equal numbers so that the resultant space charge is very small. We shall use the name plasma to describe this region containing balanced charges of ions and electrons.\nMore specifically, a plasma is an electrically conductive collection of charged particles that responds collectively to electromagnetic forces. Plasma typically takes the form of neutral gas-like clouds or charged ion beams, but may also include dust and grains (called dusty plasmas) . They are typically formed by heating and ionizing a gas, stripping electrons away from atoms, thereby enabling the positive and negative charges to move freely.\nPlasma properties are strongly dependent on the bulk (or average) parameters. Some of the most important plasma parameters are the degree of ionization, the plasma temperature, the density and the magnetic field in the plasma region. \nPlasma parameters can take on values varying by many orders of magnitude, but the properties of plasmas with apparently disparatFor plasma to exist, ionization is necessary. The degree of ionization of a plasma is the proportion of atoms which have lost (or gained) electrons, and is controlled mostly by the temperature. Even a partially ionized gas in which as little as 1% of the particles are ionized can have the characteristics of a plasma (i.e. respond to magnetic fields and be highly electrically conductive).\n\nPlasma temperature is commonly measured in Kelvin or electron volts, and is (roughly speaking) a measure of the thermal kinetic energy per particle. In most cases the electrons are close enough to thermal equilibrium that their temperature is relatively well-defined, even when there is a significant deviation from a Maxwellian energy distribution function, for example due to UV radiation, energetic particles, or strong electric fields. Because of the large difference in mass, the electrons come to thermodynamic equilibrium among themselves much faster than they come into equilibrium with the ions or neutral atoms. For this reason the ion temperature may be very different from (usually lower than) the electron temperature. This is especially common in weakly ionized technological plasmas, where the ions are often near the ambient temperature.\n\nTemperature controls the degree of plasma ionization. In particular, plasma ionization is determined by the electron temperature relative to the ionization energy (and more weakly by the density) in accordance with the Saha equation. A plasma is sometimes referred to as being hot if it is nearly fully ionized, or cold if only a small fraction (for example 1%) of the gas molecules are ionized (but other definitions of the terms hot plasma and cold plasma are common). Even in a "cold" plasma the electron temperature is still typically several thousand degrees. Plasmas utilized in plasma technology ("technological plasmas") are usually cold in this sense.\nNext to the temperature, which is of fundamental importance for the very existence of a plasma, the most important property is the density. The word "plasma density" by itself usually refers to the electron density, that is, the number of free electrons per unit volume. The ion density is related to this by the average charge state  of the ions through . (See quasineutrality below.) The third important quantity is the density of neutrals n0. In a hot plasma this is small, but may still determine important physics. The degree o
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Plasma states exist when matter is so hot that electrons are stripped from atoms leaving them ionized.  If plasma can be made hot enough it may simulate the conditions of the sun's interior where fusion of hydrogen is the principle producer of energy.  Fortunately, plasma being ionized can be controlled or bottled up in a fusion reactor using magnetic fields preventing the hot plasma from reaching and melting the chamber walls.  Plasma is so hot that the particles are traveling at great speeds and therefore collisions may occur that can cause nuclei to approach close enough to interact resulting in fusion and the release of energy.  Energy is released because the "nuclear glue" holding the fused particle together is less than the glue that held the individual particles together.  The excess glue is converted to energy using Einsteins equation E=mc2, where the glue represents a very small quantity of mass that produces a relatively large amount of energy.
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Do you mean the molecular composition or macroscopic composition? There would be too much to post here so I suggest you visit the following\n\nhttp://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/B/Blood.html#formation
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A plasma is formed when the electrons of an atom are excited to the point of being disassociated with any particular atom.  This means that the energy of a plasma is contained in the motion of the particles and is therefore thermal energy (or kinetic energy of the individual particles).\n\nIt's usually produced with radio frequency radiation, so this energy would be contained in the electromagnetic field of the radiation.\n\nIf you're asking about trying to produce a plasma, generally you need a partial vacuum, surrounded by a set of coiled wire.  The current in the wire coil would need to be oscillated at radio frequencies (you'll need to check to see what frequency is ideal for the gas you're using).\n\nA plasma will not be sustained without constant energy input from the radio frequency radiation.
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I suspect this refers to how flourescent light bulbs generate a quasi-continuous spectrum as opposed to the discrete emission lines like other self respecting plasma discharge tubes.  \n\nHere is a website that has several pages on Flourescent Lamps:\n\nhttp://home.howstuffworks.com/fluorescent-lamp.htm\n\nThe first two or three are the ones useful to you.  Also there are several links on the last page under More Great Links that will help you in your researches.  Happy hunting!\n\nBTW: This reeks of an intro science class lab write-up question.  TAs at help desks or profs during office hours can help a great deal more effectively than something like yahoo answers, if you want to truly understand.
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Of the SAME substance or different ones?\n\nAnd in what context?\n\n\nliquid, plasma, gas, solid, gel, sponge, degenerate gas, supercritical fluid.
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Yes and no. Plasma, in physics, is simply ionized gas. "Ionized" means that at least one electron has been dissociated from a proportion of the atoms,particle or molecules. The free electric charges make the plasma electrically conductive so that it responds strongly to electromagnetic fields.\nLightning would be and is plasma because lightning is basically charged particles flowing through the air. As it travels, it charges the air, and turns it into plasma.\nFire is just a form of energy that is not known to conduct electricity. Fire is not a form of plasma.
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What plasma would you like? \nPlasma is just another state of matter.  Plasma is an ionized gas at levels of energy where atoms an molecules produce free electrons and where ions and electrons can coexists.  So in general plasma can be anywhere on earth since we can created most of that state everywhere like in in fluorescent or neon lights, welding, video displays and son on.\n\nAlso ultraviolet radiation from the Sun continuously produces a partially ionized plasma in the upper atmosphere known as the ionosphere. The ionosphere prevents harmful ultraviolet radiation from scorching the Earth. \n\nI hope that was useful.\n\nSS
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plasma is the highly ionised gases.\n\n We know that ionised gas can conduct electricity.\n\n According to Farrady's law when ever there is a change in magnetic field emf is induced.\nThere is a method called "MAGNETO HYDRODYNAMIC"  in which a magnet is placed over which a hot ionised gases(plasma) is sprayed through a nozzle, so according to our law there is a change in magnetic field due to relative motion between magnet and ionised gas(plasma).... thus EMF is induced.\n \nBut there is a problem.... To create ionised gas we have to heat the gas for more than 10000 degree celcius, But there is no metal which can withstand this much temperature, so to overcome this some materials called as SEED is added which will be ionised easily..... \n\nFor more information you better refer "Power plant engineering" book by R.K.Rajput.......