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Why are ionized gases typically only found in very high-temperature environments?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Ionized gases are found in very high - temperature environment -

In order to ionize a gas , i.e. to pull out an electron from a neutral atom , to form an ion .

The process of ionization require high amount of energy to remove the electron from the outer most shell of the atom .

The amount of energy for the process of ionization is only possible in high - temperature regions .

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