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goljerp ([personal profile] goljerp) wrote in [personal profile] xiphias 2006-08-15 12:00 am (UTC)

how portable is plasma?

Not terribly, I think. I mean, it's gas which has had enough energy pumped into it that electrons aren't really bound to individual atoms. I guess small amounts could be contained with cleverly placed electromagnetic equipment... after all, a plasma tv manages it, right? But I don't think it's very convenient. (I am not a physicist, and when I was a chemist I never worked with plasma.)

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