From: Arthur Carlson <carlson@ipp.mpg.de>
Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
Subject: Re: _PLASMA_!!!
Organization: Rechenzentrum der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Garching
References: <7vurg7$gp2$1@jupiter.cs.uml.edu>


"Capacitor" <push@escape.ca> writes:

> Suppose you had a whole great big load of plasma in a relatively small
> place. I mean like a couple of kilograms of the stuff! Suppose you could
> get it in a space about the size of a container that would hold 2 kg of
> water.

The easiest way to produce this kind of plasma is to explode a decent
sized bomb. The energy density will have decreased a few orders of
magnitude by the time the fire-ball stops expanding, but I think this
should give you an idea what such a plasma would look and "feel" like.

> Please e-mail answers to:
> push@escape.ca
> because I don't always check the newsgroup.

Oh. If you aren't willing to check for an answer in the newsgroup, then
I guess you don't really care about the question.

--Art Carlson

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Dr. Arthur Carlson
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Garching, Germany
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