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'''Plasma''' is a state of matter (akin to [[solid]], [[liquid]] and [[gas]]) where the matter has become ionized, or the [[electron]]s stripped from the atoms. Therefore, a plasma consists of both negatively charged electrons, and positively charged [[ion]]s.
 
'''Plasma''' is a state of matter (akin to [[solid]], [[liquid]] and [[gas]]) where the matter has become ionized, or the [[electron]]s stripped from the atoms. Therefore, a plasma consists of both negatively charged electrons, and positively charged [[ion]]s.
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Like a gas, in a plasma the consituents are not physically constrained in position by each other, and will expand to fill the available space.
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Like a gas, in a plasma the constituents are not physically constrained in position by each other, and will expand to fill the available space.
    
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