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Plasma

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Plasma is a gaseous state containing enough charged particles that its behavior differs from an ordinary gas.

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A star's interior and a plasma cutting torch are both plasma, set apart from ordinary gas by their particles' response to electric and magnetic fields.

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Plasma is not merely "very hot gas" — charged-particle behavior, not temperature alone, defines it as a distinct state.

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