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How does a plasma form?

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Plasma is formed by increasing the temperature of a gas until the electrons within have enough energy to break free of the positive force of attraction exhibited by the nucleus. Plasma is considered the fourth state of matter
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a gas into which sufficient energy is provided to free electrons from atoms or molecules and to allow both species, ions and electrons, to coexist.
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