Re: pinhole plasma

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From: Rilla Chaney (rmchaney@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Nov 14 2003 - 15:08:18 PST 

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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:08:18 -0800
From: Rilla Chaney <rmchaney@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: pinhole plasma

Make these questions fit the pentagon by adding Einstein-Bose please.
Rilla

Raleigh McLemore wrote:

> I was talking to Hong Tran today about some questions
> I had about plasma, as the fourth state of matter. I
> kind of imagined plasma as being some form of
> extention the gas phase, but that troubled me a
> little. Our standard "Matter Triangle" seems to have
> nicely defined phase changes, freezing, melting,
> evaporating...etc, but now when I see a neon sign it
> only seems to read "You really don't understand this
> plasma stuff, do you?".
> This all started whenI showed my kids a short cd-rom
> that included about 6 minutes on plasma as the most
> common form of matter, but I can't say I was prepared
> to answer their questions about whether plasma made
> our triangle of solid-liquid-gas into a "matter
> rectangle" solid-liquid-gas-plasma (in which how do
> you describe phase change from plasma (deionization?)
> and can plasma change directly to a solid?).
> So I leave it up to you good folks. Educate me as my
> "Make Your Own Star Kit" hasn't arrived and my
> continual attempts to force Hydrogen together in a
> vise have failed.
>
> With firm handshake,
> Raleigh
>
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