Plasma

[donmatos]

hi, i was wondering what you know about plasma just to see if it could help me

[RyanJ]

hi, i was wondering what you know about plasma just to see if it could help me

 

Well, plasma is just normal gas that has been ionized, had some of its electrons removed. The ionization can be done by by heat or electricity.

 

Other than that I am not shure exacly what information you are looking for - can you be a bit more specific?

 

Cheers,

 

Ryan Jones

[5614]

I'm sure that between all of us we know a lot about plasmas.

 

I think it quite likely that we could help you... what do you want help on or with?

[donmatos]

i was wondering for a science fair project that i am making a plasma ball by poting a ball of metal in a glasss bottle an putting it in the micro wave tomake a plasma ball

[Organism]

That sounds rather dangerous, although I'm no expert.

 

I once quite badly burnt myself with one of those glass plasma balls.. I layed the metal cone from the top of my lava lamp on the glass sphere, and then moved me finger to within a milimeter or so of the top of the cone while it was switched on. This caused a bright spark to jump from the cone to my finger, resulting in a yellow, painful burn.

 

Since that day I've been rather wary of such devices, (especially home-made ones).

[RyanJ]

That sounds rather dangerous' date=' although I'm no expert.

 

I once quite badly burnt myself with one of those glass plasma balls.. I layed the metal cone from the top of my lava lamp on the glass sphere, and then moved me finger to within a milimeter or so of the top of the cone while it was switched on. This caused a bright spark to jump from the cone to my finger, resulting in a yellow, painful burn.

 

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Yes I used the same principal to make a plasma paper cutter when I was bored

 

Anyway I don't know how I did not get an E-mail for this reply but I agree with Organism, this should not be tried unless you know what you are doing. Electric kills!

 

Cheers,

 

Ryan Jones