Plasma
Solids, Liquids and Gasses are all states of matter, along with them comes Plasma the fourth and most interesting state of matter; However, is often than not left out of many classroom instructions when speaking of the states of matter; Even Though it is the most common state of matter since it is seen in everyday life, Making up over 99% of the visual universe. Plasma also has an interesting connection to the solar system, lights, electricity. Because of Plasma research a greater understanding to the Universe is being adapted
Because Plasma is not taught in many schools make people question its actual relevance to life. Or more importantly why can't they see it. In reality plasma is everywhere and is very much visible. In Fact, along with Earth much of the Solar System is composed of plasma, especially the sun and stars. But, the lack of knowledge on the subject of plasma would make it difficult to see in everyday life. Plasma’s by definition are a compilation of electrons and ions that are freely moving, because of their separation from the nuclei. The energy from which the plasma was created can be from various sources such as thermal, electrical, light, Combining with natural light. Plasma’s can also be accelerated and steered by magnetic fields. This happens when the ions now have an electrical property, creating other forms of radiant light and electromagnetic radiation. Each time you look at the Sun, stars, neon signs, televisions etc, there is more than electricity and solar energy involved. There is Plasma.
The “Fourth” state of matter was found by Sir William Crookes, in 1879. Crookes was a Physicist from England who discovered plasma with his invention of the Crookes tube. At the time Crookes had identified the...
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...some flames from fire. The terrestrial plasmas are the ones that occur on earth, caused by nature. And the ones that occur in outer space are the astrophysical plasmas these are seen in cases such as the sun and stars, solar wind, interstellar and interplanetary mediums, and the commentary ion tails.
A tesla coil is a high frequency and an air core transformer. The coil was created by Serbian American Physicists Nikola Tesla in 1891. The tesla coil is used to produce high voltage, low current,and high frequency alternating electricity. Tesla coils are a source of Artificial Plasmas. Tesla coils are commonly seen in many modern day entertainment such as television, as well as in plasma globes. Within a plasma globe, is an electrode, that uses the inert gasses that make up plasma. The wires within the globe transfer energy, giving the purple fluorescent light effect.
Plasma can be defined as a substance similar to a gas with almost zero electric charge.
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Cosmic rays are high energy charged particles, originating in outer space, that travel at nearly the speed of light and strike the Earth from all directions. The term "cosmic rays" usually refers to galactic cosmic rays, which originate in sources outside the solar system, distributed throughout our Milky Way galaxy. However, this term has also come to include other classes of energetic particles in space, including nuclei and electrons accelerated in association with energetic events on the Sun (called solar energetic particles), and particles accelerated in interplanetary space. Co...
The amazing transformation the study of physics underwent in the two decades following the turn of the 20th century is a well-known story. Physicists, on the verge of declaring the physical world “understood”, discovered that existing theories failed to describe the behavior of the atom. In a very short time, a more fundamental theory of the ...
Tesla’s career as an inventor started when he was in his late twenties. He displayed his incredible understanding of electricity and physics when he created his first invention, the induction motor. The induction motor is a small, electric motor that has become a very useful machine. In fact, most household appliances run using Tesla’s induction motor (Vujovic 1). Score one for Tesla. Soon after he invented the induction motor, Tesla moved to America to try his luck at living the American dream. While in New York City, Tesla got the amazing opportunity to work for his hero, Thomas Edison. However, Tesla soon quit working for Edison due to some disagreements between the two inventors. And so with Edison and his men biting at Tesla’s heels, Nikola set out on his own to make a name for himself (Vujovic 1). Tesla soon became Edison’s greatest competitor. While tinkering in his lab with one of his inventions called the Tesla Coil, Tesla discovered that he could send and receive radio signals when his coils were tuned to the exact same frequency...
In 1882, Nikola came up with the idea for a brushless AC motor and made his first sketches of it rotating electromagnets. He began working for the continental Edison Company in France designing and making improvements to the electrical equipment. Then in June 1884, Tesla relocated to New York City where he was hired by Thomas Edison to work at his Edison Machine Works. He and Edison worked alongside one another making improvements to Edison’s inventions. After several months they parted ways due to a disagreement over a
In 1803 this theory was finalised and stated that (1) all matter is made up of the smallest possible particles termed atoms, (2) atoms of a given element have unique characteristics and weight, and (3) three types of atoms exist: simple (elements), compound (simple molecules), and complex (complex molecules).
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Tesla Motors Inc. is an American public company which is known worldwide because of its experience in designing, manufacturing and also the selling of electric cars and electric components for vehicles. The motor was started back in the year 2003 in San Carlos, California in the United States (Teslamotors.com, 2014). The company had its headquarters in Palo Alto and at the time of its inception, Elon Musk was its chief executive officer (CEO) (Hunger, 2010).
the bulk to ordinary matter; the volume of an atom is nearly all occupied by the
Name the top five scientist you know. You probably said names like Albert Einstein, Ben Franklin, or Thomas Edison. One of the greatest scientist you probably didn’t know about is Nikola Tesla.
Since the days of Aristotle, all substances have been classified into one of three physical states. A substance having a fixed volume and shape is a solid. A substance, which has a fixed volume but not a fixed shape, is a liquid; liquids assume the shape of their container but do not necessarily fill it. A substance having neither a fixed shape nor a fixed volume is a gas; gases assume both the shape and the volume of their container. The structures of gases, and their behavior, are simpler than the structures and behavior of the two condensed phases, the solids and the liquids
In 1910, Arthur Eddington, a British Astrophysicist, discovered solar winds. Solar winds are basically a continuous flow (they are never ending basically) of particles from the sun. They are also known as stellar winds. Their usual way out of the sun is the coronal holes. Their main cause is an expansion of gases in the corona, which is the outer layer of the sun. The idea that the corona is plasma was thought of by Richard C. Carrington. The temperature of the corona is 2,200,000 degrees Celsius. It is so hot that not even the sun’s gravity can contain it. It heats gases and makes them expand. The gas items run into each other as they are heated. As a result, they lose their electrons. Then, the atoms become ions with a positive charge, the electrons and ions (which are mostly Hydrogen ions) make up the solar wind. The velocity of solar winds goes from 250 to 1000 kilometers every second. It has a density of 82 ions for every cubic inch, or 5 ions per cubic centimeter. Solar winds are the cause of many occurrences in the solar system like Mercury having no atmosphere, and Venus’ acidic, radiation filled clouds. They are also known as electrically charged hurricanes.
In 1831, using his "induction ring", Faraday made one of his greatest discoveries - electromagnetic induction: the "induction" or generation of electricity in a wire by means of the electromagnetic effect of a current in another wire. The induction ring was the first electric transformer. In a second series of experiments in September he discovered magneto-electric induction: the production of a steady electric current. To do this, Faraday attached two wires through a sliding contact to a copper disc. By rotating the disc between the poles of a horseshoe magnet he obtained a continuous direct current. This was the first generator. From his experiments came devices that led to the modern electric motor, generator and transformer.