To: wirestripper
No. Plasmas revert to ordinary states when cooled. This is the problem with things like the tokamak and other fusion wannabees. Plasmas only strip (varying numbers of) electrons from a nucleus. They don't affect the nucleus itself.
120 posted on
11/20/2003 9:46:44 AM PST by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Doctor Stochastic
Plasmas only strip (varying numbers of) electrons from a nucleus.Ok, understood.
I was confusing the resulting slag of a plasma cutter with plasma behavior. The cutter injects air/or other gasses into the equation.
The result is oxidized slag.
122 posted on
11/20/2003 10:20:41 AM PST by
Cold Heat
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