The Fourth State of Matter: Introduction to the Physics of Plasma - Hardcover

Eliezer, Y; Eliezer, Shalom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0852741634 ISBN 13: 9780852741634

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1989

Synopsis

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.

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Review

..."a difficult subject to write about in popular terms...Yaffa and Shalom Eliezer have undertaken a difficult task and carried it through with considerable success...combines factual substance with an easy-to-read and lucid presentation." Carl-Gunne Falthammar, Laser and Particle Beams, 10, 1, p. 213, 1992. ifficult subject to write about in popular terms...Yaffa and Shalom Eliezer have undertaken a difficult task and carried it through with considerable success...combines factual substance with an easy-to-read and lucid presentation." Carl-Gunne Falthammar, Laser and Particle Beams, 10, 1, p. 213, 1992.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0852741634
• ISBN 13: 9780852741634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 200