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States of matter
Posted by Ameya on June 5, 2023 at 10:41 pmwhat is the fourth state of matter and its real life implementations?
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· Plasma is often called “the fourth state of matter,” along with solid, liquid and gas.
· Just as a liquid will boil, changing into a gas when energy is added, heating a gas will form a plasma.
· Plasma is superheated matter – so hot that the electrons are ripped away from the atoms forming an ionized gas.
· It comprises over 99% of the visible universe.
· Plasmas can be used for making computer chips, rocket propulsion, cleaning the environment, destroying biological hazards, healing wounds and other exciting applications.
· Researchers have used the properties of plasma as a charged gas to confine it with magnetic fields and to heat it to temperatures hotter than the core of the sun.