What is the 4th state?

Plasma, the fourth state of matter (beyond the conventional solids, liquids and gases), is an ionized gas consisting of approximately equal numbers of positively and negatively charged particles.
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Is there a 4th state?

But if you heat gas, its atoms will break apart into negatively charged electrons and positively charged ions. This soup of electrons and ions is plasma--the fourth state of matter. It was discovered by William Crookes in 1879.
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What is the 5th state of matter?

There are four natural states of matter: Solids, liquids, gases and plasma. The fifth state is the man-made Bose-Einstein condensates.
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What is the fourth state of matter used for?

Plasma is used in television, neon signs and fluorescent lights.
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Is the Sun Fire or plasma?

The Sun is our nearest star. It is, as all stars are, a hot ball of gas made up mostly of Hydrogen. The Sun is so hot that most of the gas is actually plasma, the fourth state of matter.
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The Fourth State of Matter



Is plasma hotter than fire?

Plasmas are gases in which a good fraction of the molecules are ionized. Ordinary flames ionize enough molecules to be noticeable, but not as many as some of the much hotter things that we usually call plasmas. (See for a guide to an experiment that uses the electrical conductivity of a flame caused by its ions.)
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Is there a 7th state of matter?

But there are two additional states of matter that not only can exist, but do: Bose-Einstein Condensates and Fermionic Condensates, the sixth and seventh states of matter. At present, they're only achievable under extreme laboratory conditions, but they might play an important role in the Universe itself. Here's why.
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What is the 6th matter?

The fermionic condensate is a cloud of cold potassium atoms forced into a state where they behave strangely. The new matter is the sixth known form of matter after solids, liquids, gases, plasma and a Bose-Einstein condensate, created only in 1995.
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What is the 8th state of matter?

Superfluid: A phase achieved by a few cryogenic liquids at extreme temperature at which they become able to flow without friction. A superfluid can flow up the side of an open container and down the outside.
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What are the 50 states in order?

The 50 U.S. states, in alphabetical order, along with each state's flag:
  • Alabama.
  • Alaska.
  • Arizona.
  • Arkansas.
  • California.
  • Colorado.
  • Connecticut.
  • Delaware.
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What is the 1st state?

"The First State"

Delaware is known by this nickname due to the fact that on December 7, 1787, it became the first of the 13 original states to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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What is plasma 4th state of matter?

Plasma, the fourth state of matter (beyond the conventional solids, liquids and gases), is an ionized gas consisting of approximately equal numbers of positively and negatively charged particles.
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When did plasma become 4th state of matter?

The existence of “the fourth state of matter" was first identified by Sir William Crookes in 1879 , however, the term plasma was introduced by I. Langmuir in 1928 to describe the state of matter in the positive column of glow discharge tube [2].
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Who discovered 5th state of matter?

Bose-Einstein Quantum "Fifth State Of Matter" Seen For 1st Time In Space.
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What state of matter is slime?

Slime is between a solid and a liquid. It's a non-Newtonian fluid. You can make it right at home. Dissolve a teaspoon of borax in a cup of water.
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What state of matter is fire?

Fire is a plasma, not a gas or a solid. It's a kind of transient state between being composed of the elements prior to ignition and the spent fumes (Smoke - solid particles and Gasses = Gas molecules.)
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Can anything become plasma?

High energy photons, from gamma rays or X-rays or ultraviolet radiation, can also create a plasma by knocking electrons away from their atoms. High-voltage electricity can also create plasmas. Plasmas sometimes are created by humans. Some types of electrical lights contain plasmas.
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What is Super matter?

SuperMatter is a global deep tech community on a mission to solve our world's most complex and difficult challenges with the application of deep technology. Our approach is to facilitate collaboration between the best minds from deep tech startups and the most innovative corporations in the world.
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Is dark matter a solid liquid or gas?

No. That's the whole point I was making. All of the usual phases of matter other than gas come about because of electromagnetic interactions between the particles. If the particles have no electric charge, they can't interact electromagnetically and, hence, cannot form solids, liquids, or plasmas.
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Is the Sun fire?

The Sun does not "burn", like we think of logs in a fire or paper burning. The Sun glows because it is a very big ball of gas, and a process called nuclear fusion is taking place in its core.
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What is Cold fire?

Cold Fire™ is a unique agent that when applied breaks the chemical chain reaction of fire. Cold Fire™ works to encapsulate the fuel source and eliminate the heat of a fire. By encapsulating the fuel source, the vapors of the fuel can no longer be vaporized to cause re-ignition.
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Is fire real?

Fire is an event, not a thing. Heating wood or other fuel releases volatile vapors that can rapidly combust with oxygen in the air; the resulting incandescent bloom of gas further heats the fuel, releasing more vapors and perpetuating the cycle.
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