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Why does air in the plasma state conduct
electric current but air in the gas state does not?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Being made of charged particles can also do some things that gases can't do, such as conduct electricity. For instance, if you have gas in a liquid state, all of its particles will behave the same way once it's cool to room temperature.

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