The fourth state of matter, known to physicists as plasma, is a fluid of electrically charged particles, often at very high temperatures. It occurs on Earth in lightning discharges and, more prosaically, in fluorescent light tubes. It is hoped that research in plasma physics will lead in the near future to the ability to control thermonuclear reactions and thus provide a virtually inexhaustible supply of energy for the needs of mankind. Designed for the general science reader, this study explains the nature and properties of plasma, the conditions under which it can form and some of the uses to which it might be put.
- ISBN10 0852741634
- ISBN13 9780852741634
- Publish Date May 1989 (first published 1 May 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Institute of Physics Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 200
- Language English