I want to know about plasma and its application in industry...please describe it in almost simple sentences?
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http://cpam.engr.wisc.edu/about/about.html
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Its like getting your blood removed... Plasma=whole blood - blood cells. Plasma gives volume to blood, makes it fluid and allows blood cells to circulate (among other numerous functions). Loss of body liquids thickens blood by lowering the volume of plasma (which consists primarily of water), and thats how people die from dehydration... or vampire bites ;)
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I know someone in this research area. Info can be found at...\n\nhttp://www.fusionpower.org/\n\nI'd like to say that within 100 years some kind of clean(er) energy will be produced at the atomic level.\n\nBut the hurdles associated with Fusion, really do seem insurmountable at this time.
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Plasma typically takes the form of neutral gas-like clouds or charged ion beams, but may also include dust and grains (called dusty plasmas). [5] 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.
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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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Gallium based semi-conductor right now is too expensive to deploy. \n\nIf you want completely out of the left field, I'd go for optical processing.
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well, all plasma is is gas when all of the atoms are ionized, so it's not like something special happens, so nothing can really happen after it.  I mean, at a substance's coldest, the particles have no movement, and it's solid, then as temperatures increase they get more movement and can slide around each other, becoming liquid, and finally when it gets hot enough, the particles are moving so fast that they separate from each other and fly every which way, which is a gas.  No matter how hot it gets, the particles are still going to be seperate, and will just move faster and faster, still being a gas.  Plasma isn't even just solely a result of temperature, other conditions have to occur as well, and all of the atoms are ionized (meaning that they have complete electron shells and they do this by losing or gaining electrons. They are most stable when they have completely filled orbitals.)  Now you have a bunch of very fast ionized particles. Nothing more can really happen to them... hmmm, wait, actually, unless protons start shooting out and they become other elements... Who knows what happens at such extreme temperatures? Well with larger radioactive elements, there is decay that goes on over time converting one element into another, so maybe that would be influenced by temperature and pressure.  well there still wouldn't be another state of matter, it would just be different elements at either gas or plasma state.
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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, although I might note that there are more than 4 states of matter, depending on how you define "state".
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Well, this may not be an animation, but it is a pretty darn good online text covering introductory electrical engineering concepts.\n\nhttp://www.ibiblio.org/obp/electricCircuits/
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Electricity is  flow of electrons in a conductive material like copper or any metals.  The atoms in the conductor are passing the electrons to the next atom in sequence (current flow in Ampere unit). \n\nAnalogy: \nYou can imagine people in line, passing balls in sequence to the next person until the balls reached the other end.\n\nThe force behind the movement of electrons (potential difference in Volt unit), is due to the excessive supply of electron (negative) from one end and lack of supply (Positive) from the other end. (They flow downstream like water).\n\nImagine if you connect two ends of wire to the positive and negative side of the battery. (But don't do it. That is called; short circuit)\n\nIf the wire is cut in the middle and you connect a light bulb between the two cut ends, The light bulb will glow. \n\nHere is the reason;\n\nBecause the light bulb filament (also a metal but doesn't melt easily) is smaller than the wire conductor and does not easily allow the passage of electron (resistance in Ohm unit), The flow of electron will be restricted to a certain amount (like a bottleneck in a pipe) this restriction will cause heat and light due to friction.\n\nMy best tailored answer for you ;=)
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it should be plasma\nif u mean ice>water>water vapor>plasma\n\nu see,when a solid is heated to a certain extent it melts into liquid,and further heated it becomes a vapour,when it is heated to a greater extent,the molecules break up into atoms and atoms into very minute states.these form a cloud of particles which is called plasma.\nfor ex.,the temp. of stars is upto millions of degrees hence the plasma is present and also known as fourth state of matter.
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I would recommend looking into a study of a cleaning(cleanability vs surface finish) for processing equipment in the pharmaceutical industries. This has not been performed to my knowledge(I have thought about performing and writing a paper but haven't had the time), should be reasonably simple to to perform, and would open oppertunities into a growth industry.
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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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Well most plasmoids are charged, since they are ionic in nature, allowing for fairly easy control via electromagnetic fields.\n\nEasiest practical example is a plasma torch (also called a plasma cutter) used in the steel industry. A VERY powerful electric arc is created at the front end of a nozzle through which a very powerful jet of air runs. The high energy turns the air into plasma which can then be used to cut through solid steel like a knife through butter
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try the link given below:\n\nhttp://www.cseindia.org/programme/industry/recommendations.htm
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u see,when a solid is heated to a certain extent it melts into liquid,and further heated it becomes a vapour,when it is heated to a greater extent,the molecules break up into atoms and atoms into very minute states.these form a cloud of particles which is called plasma.\n          for ex.,the temp. of stars is upto millions of degrees hence the plasma is present and also known as fourth state of matter.\n        i hope u got it!!!