is plasma containment possible inside a polarized metal  globe or hollow object?
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When I think of "polarized", I interpret that to mean a system with a fixed, unchanging electric moment.  Electric  containment with static fields is generally not possible within any hollow space.  That's because those particular static fields can always be written as the gradient of a scalar field, the voltage field.  If the space is hollow, with no internal contributing sources, then the forces have zero divergence.  The Laplacian of the scalar field is zero.\n\nA fundamental result of the calculus of multiple variables is that if you have a volume completely enclosed by a surface, and the Laplacian of a scalar field is zero everywhere inside the volume, then the field takes its minimum and maximum values on the surface.\n\nThe energy state of a charged particle in such a field is the produce of the charge and the field value, which we've said is at its minimum and maximum on the surface.  So, either the field is constant everywhere within the container, in which case the container has no influence at all, so there is no containment, or the field is non-constant, and the minimum energy state is obtained when the particle collides with the containment somewhere.\n\nOK, so unchanging electric fields are not going to constrain a charged particle in a hollow space.  How about magnetic fields?  Well, apply a large magnetic field through the space, and inject charged particles into it such that they have no velocity in the direction parallel to the magnetic field, and those particles will orbit in the magnetic field.  If the radius of the orbit is smaller than the distance to the side walls, we can say that the particles have partial containment in the system.  A uniform magnetic field can hold moving charged particles in two dimensions, but provides no containment in the direction parallel to the magnetic field.\n\nIf we start modifying the electric and magnetic fields in more detailed ways, it becomes possible to contain a plasma.  That is, after all, what happens in a Tokamak.
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touch a metal which is well grounded.
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The handle of the light sabre contains an energising chamber a bit like a tiny microwave oven which charges a kind of invisible plasma in a sequence of processes until the plasma changes form and becomes a vortex of plasma-energy. Each of these vortexes is a phenomenon on all on its own with characteristics similar to light  but contained within a swirling doughnut shaped dynamic like a smoke-ring. Each one only exists for the tiniest fraction of a second before the vortex collapses and the plasma-energy becomes inert etheria again. Millions of these vortices are ejected from the handle of the light sabre every second but they can only exist long enough for the stream to extend about 4 feet from the hilt. \n\n\nMaybe.
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The gas molecules in the container get ionized
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Electromagnetic shielding\n\nElectromagnetic shielding is the process of limiting the flow of electromagnetic fields between two locations, by separating them with a barrier made of conductive material. Typically it is applied to enclosures, separating electrical devices from the 'outside world', and to cables, separating wires from the environment the cable runs through. Electromagnetic shielding used to block radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation is also known as RF shielding.\n\nThe shielding can reduce the coupling of radio waves, visible light, electromagnetic fields and electrostatic fields, though not static magnetic fields. (A conductive enclosure used to block electrostatic fields is also known as a Faraday cage.) The amount of reduction depends very much upon the material used, its thickness, and the frequency of the fields of interest.\n\nMaterials used\nTypical materials used for electromagnetic shielding include sheet metal, metal mesh, ionized gas, plasma and aluminum foil. Any holes in the shield or mesh must be significantly smaller than the wavelength of the radiation that is being kept out, or the enclosure will not effectively approximate an unbroken conducting surface.\n\nAnother commonly used shielding method, especially with electronic goods housed in plastic enclosures, is to coat the inside of the enclosure with a metallic ink or similar material. The ink consists of a carrier material loaded with a suitable metal, typically copper or nickel, in the form of very small particulates. It is sprayed on to the enclosure and, once dry, produces a continuous conductive layer of metal, which can be electrically connected to the chassis ground of the equipment, thus providing effective shielding.\n\n\n[edit] Example applications\nOne example is a shielded cable, which has electromagnetic shielding in the form of a wire mesh surrounding an inner core conductor. The shielding impedes the escape of any signal from the core conductor, and also signals from being added to the core conductor. Some cables have two separate concentric screens, one connected at both ends, the other at one end only, to maximise shielding of both electromagnetic and electrostatic fields.\n\nThe door of a microwave oven has a screen built into the glass of the window. From the perspective of microwaves (with wavelengths of 12 cm) this screen finishes a Faraday cage formed by the oven's metal housing. Visible light, with wavelengths ranging between 400nm and 900nm, passes easily between the wires.\n\nRF shielding is also used to prevent access to data stored on RFID chips embedded in various devices, such as biometric passports.\n\n\n[edit] How RF shielding works\nElectromagnetic radiation consists of coupled electric and magnetic fields. The electric field produces forces on the charge carriers (i.e., electrons) within the conductor. As soon as an electric field is applied to the surface of an ideal conductor, it generates a current that causes displacement of charge inside the conductor that cancels the applied field inside, at which point the current stops.\n\nSimilarly, varying magnetic fields generate current vortices that act to cancel the applied magnetic field. (The conductor does not respond to static magnetic fields, so static magnetic fields can penetrate the conductor freely.) The result is that electromagnetic radiation is reflected from the surface of the conductor: internal fields stay inside, and external fields stay outside.\n\nSeveral factors serve to limit the shielding capability of real RF shields. One is that, due to the electrical resistance of the conductor, the excited field does not completely cancel the incident field. Also, most conductors exhibit a ferromagnetic response to low-frequency magnetic fields, so that such fields are not fully attenuated by the conductor. Any holes in the shield force current to flow around them, so that fields passing through the holes do not excite opposing electromagn
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Tons of information on plasma; lots of links also.\n\nEnjoy!\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_%28physics%29
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Yes.  You can use electricity to provide an orienting magentic field while you heat the metal then quickly cool it.  How permanently depends upon a few factors including the makeup of the steel.
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You should probably re-route the plasma stream through the main deflector array ..... LIKE NOW
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You have to worry about impact resistence, old newspaper bubble wrap, whatever will work, pack it like you were packing china, what youneed is a packing envolope that can reduce the influence of magnets, anti-static bags, though the site below says you can use a freezer bag in a pinch
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yes in theory a small laser can be attached to nano machines to cut through matter, but we dont have the ability to create them yet.\n\nHowever, this is  not the best solution to destroying a meter, we could simply nuke it, or divert its dirrection if its in earths path
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The poles of any magnetized item will be at the extreme opposite points...in other words the positive will be as far as it can get from the negative.  In the case of a sphere this would be "top" and "bottom" not core and perimeter.  (Think of the Earth's magnetic poles!).
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you can't block or absorb, but can always divert it. get a cage of good ferro-magnetic material, and magnetic field will not pass inside the cage. \n\nIt is similar to electric charge.
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This was an experimemt the US Navy conducted.  They attempted to "Cloak" a destroyer using magnetism.  How successful it was I am not sure.  There are several myths surrounding the experiment which depict gross outcomes of the experiment.
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use a collimator.or magnetic fields.
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There are two confinement methods to confine high temperature plasma. One way is by applying magnetic fields so that the plasma particles are forced to follow a helical path around the field lines.To increase the confinement the device is usually made in a toroidal shape so that the particle remain attached to the same field line for a lnger time thus increasing the confinement. This method is known as Magnetic confinement and is frquently used in fusion devices and other plasma devices.\n     Another less frequently used method is Inertial confinement fusion where intense lasers are used to confine the plasma by employing the radiation pressure of the laser radiation.\n\nThough in both the methods there are few unresolved issues like instabilities, anomalous transport etc. Research is going on to find a solution of the problems.
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I assume you mean the whole facts about the anti-matter.  Well CERN does exist and people are trying to create anti-matter. We have produced elementary particles with particle accelerators but I'm not sure about anti-matter.  I would assume it could be held in place with a strong magnetic field though to stop it annihilating, however I seriously doubt they'd have containers which could be transported elsewhere with batteries that run down, that would be a rather stupid idea really.
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Build a Faraday cage.  A Faraday cage is a grounded metal structure...basically a metal box...that prevents electric fields from getting inside.  Microwave ovens are a kind of Faraday cage, if they weren't we might get cooked instead of our food.