Timeline for Is fire plasma?
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| Apr 10, 2012 at 14:46 | comment | added | Martin Beckett | @annav, yes a plasma cutter is a plasma! Oxy-acetylene is about 3500C which is the bottom end of a K type star surface | |
| S Apr 10, 2012 at 4:45 | history | suggested | Eiyrioü von Kauyf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 10, 2012 at 4:43 | comment | added | anna v | @MartinBeckett in some instruments yes : directindustry.com/prod/farley-laserlab/… | |
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| Apr 10, 2012 at 3:19 | comment | added | Manishearth | @dmckee: But ionization will occur if you heat it to even higher temperatures, and it can become a plasma. I know, but it's not hot enough in fire.. | |
| Apr 10, 2012 at 2:23 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | "Fire is a thermal phenomenon, plasma is more of electrical." I can't say I like this formulation much...heat alone is enough to ionize atoms if things get hot enough. | |
| Apr 10, 2012 at 1:59 | comment | added | Martin Beckett | Would an oxy-acetylene (welding) torch be a plasma | |
| Apr 10, 2012 at 1:01 | history | answered | Manishearth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |