is flame a plasma?

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is candle flame a plasma? (what even is plasma?)
i’ve always wanted to know what really is a flame… is it plasma? is it magic?
what is it? i know it’s a chemical reaction with the oxygen in the air.

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Plasma is ionized gas and flames do contain some of it. Putting a candle in an active capacitor shows this, as the flame will be pulled to the negatively charged side because the positive ions from the flame are pulled towards it.

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