Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Plasma

What is plasma and what does it mean to be in a plasma state?

12 comments:

~*Rikki*~ said...

It is a highly ionized gas containing an approximately equal number of ions and electrons. We use them for neon and flourecent tubes. They are also in auroas.

daryn(: said...

The liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements. It means to be in the liquid form of blood.

*Traci K.* said...

If we are talking about the plasma in your blood, then it is the yellowish colored liquid part of your blood. Red blood cells float around in plasma. It's their hangout spot. There are other types of plasma, but I think this one is fun. When a gas is in a plasma state, it becomes a load of negatively-charged electrons which have escaped the pull of the nucleus and the ions, yo.

Anonymous said...

well it is the liquid part of the blood or the lymph it means to be ing the liquid form of blood. if you wnat it to be in the plasma state then it would probably be a gas form.

{{.karly.fuhrman #9.}} said...

Plasma is matter consisting of positively and negatively charged particles. The overall charge is neutral though because equal amount of each charges are presented. The forces produced from high-energy collisions are so great that electrons get taken off. That is that matter state.

EmKay said...

Plasma is the highly idonized gas containing an equal number of ions and electrons. If it is the blood plasma then it is the liquid part of the blood or lymph. When it is in its state it has low charged electrons.

Anonymous said...

Plasma can be gas with an equal number of positive and negative charges. It could also be a yellowed colored part in your bloodstream. To be in a plasma state means to be in a state between gas and liquid.

':=:L^O^G^A^N:=:' said...

Plasma is known as the fourth state of matter. it is a state when a gas becomes a collection of negatively charged electrons that have escaped the pull of the nucleus and positively charged ions. Stars are made up of material in the plasma state.

lj_bierman said...

Plasma is matter consisting of positively and negatively charged particles. Its overall charge is neutral because of equal numbers of both charges. Plasma is probably a gas because it's found in neon, flourescent tubes, and auroras.

Anonymous said...

Plasma is ionized gas. It contains equal number of ions and electrons. It is used in flourecent tubes, in neon and in auroas.

Mal said...

Plasma is the liquid part of your blood. You can tell it apart from the other suspended elements in your blood. It is aslo negative charged electrons that go randomly through positively charged electrons. Plasma state is also known as the 4th state of matter and is when electrons arent stuck in the orbit around the nucleus.

.Katlyn. said...

It is a gas that has the same number of ions and electrons. The charge is neutral because they are balanced. In a plasma state means that it is not a gas nor a solid it is in bewteen the two.