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 when things become so hot, the electrons and atom body separate.
flames arent that hot (thank god)
flames are particles of whatever youre burning (usually carbon) that glow red from the heat.
hot air rises, so from the burning thing, hot air with very hot particles in it rises up. the particles cool as they rise, which gives flames their characteristic color spectrum (very hot blue (sometimes even white) to orange to red)
edit: but yes, you can appearently make plasma by microwaving flames? idk thats beyond my understanding of physics or chemistry though, sorry ^^
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