плазма

плазма

The fourth state of matter beyond solid, liquid, and gas. Plasma may be the most common state of matter in the universe. Our Sun is plasma. In space science, plasma is hot, ionized gas--a mixture of electrons (negative electric charge) and protons (positive electric charge). Plasma conducts electrical currents and responds to electromagnetic fields.

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