What is a Plasma? Is it the 4th State of Matter? - [5]

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In this lesson, you will learn what a plasma is and why it is called the fourth state of matter. A plasma is simply a gas that has been given additional energy such that many electrons are removed from the outer valence shell of the gas atoms. The result is a combination of positively charged gas nuclei and negatively charged electrons, along with some remaining fraction of neutral gas atoms. Because of the charges present, a plasma can be thought of as a gas that conducts electricity. Plasmas are all around us - for example lightning is the breakdown of gas molecules into a plasma state. A plasma ball is a low pressure gas that has been ionized into a plasma. The aurora is when the solar wind gets trapped in the Earth's magnetic field and ionizes the gas molecules in the upper atmosphere. The light that we see from a plasma is simply photons that are emitted when an electron recombines with a positive ion yielding a neutral gas atom.

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  • @jorgerobles628
    @jorgerobles628 Жыл бұрын

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  • @jaydenbillings842

    @jaydenbillings842

    7 күн бұрын

    I think he talks to fucking fast it makes me mad

  • @neoamor414
    @neoamor414 Жыл бұрын

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    @yasirnori6643 Жыл бұрын

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  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @gene4094

    @gene4094

    Жыл бұрын

    What would happen if the plasma has a left handed rotation? An electromagnetic field that was created by it through a negative refractive indexed meta materials. Since the energy has Blue shift with a left handed rotation, couldn’t this creat a new energy source if it is contained? This is just a thought.

  • @emmanueligbilishi4834

    @emmanueligbilishi4834

    Жыл бұрын

    Please sir, what do we mean by an atom is either positively charged or negatively charged. Is it that they're always charged in their natural state? Thanks.

  • @birdman4274

    @birdman4274

    Жыл бұрын

    @@emmanueligbilishi4834 No Most atoms are not charged because there is an equal number of protons(+) and electrons(-) So the total charge is balanced i.e zero. But if you strip an electron from the atom for example, it's total charge becomes positive because there are more protons than there are electrons. This is ionisation.

  • @mariocesarsousa
    @mariocesarsousa Жыл бұрын

    Perfect lesson. A learned more than I expected to. I understood things that were unclear to me. Now I have improved this idea of electromagnetic field and the electrons involvement around the atom. It was more than just learning about plasma. 🗣perfect ✍️✍️💚💚

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you I am very happy you liked it!

  • @jriver64
    @jriver64 Жыл бұрын

    If only this gentleman teaching this lecture on Plasma was around when I was attending a science class, my whole world of education would have been better off with a better grade and perhaps have gone to study in the field of electronics! I love the way this instructor really gets into the actions of how those electrons are moved by the actions of other electrons.

  • @jankerscher
    @jankerscher Жыл бұрын

    This is easily one of the best educational videos i ever saw. So engaging and well explained! Good job!!!!

  • @ssharif2870
    @ssharif2870 Жыл бұрын

    Bought your Algebra CDs years ago my fav tutor you are. Watch your videos for fun instead of ticktock junks.

  • @191246mann1
    @191246mann1 Жыл бұрын

    the only guy to explain things properly and admit the atom is not how it is drawn ,,,best I have ever watched and has explained things so easy.best on here

  • @davidmorse8432
    @davidmorse8432 Жыл бұрын

    Another example of plasma is a welder's arc. This is produced when an electric field is placed between two conductors and is strong enough to make the electrons jump across from one conductor to the other. The welder operator holds a rod close enough but not touching the other conductor to produce a jumping of electrons. This gap between the conductors is maintained in order to produce a plasma. The plasma develops a very high temperature and intense light. Welders use this high temperature to liquify metals so that they can be joined back together when cooled. The welder operators must shield their eyes from the intense light produced otherwise they could damage their eyes. That is also why we could damage our eyes if we look directly at the sun. Arc welding is a very useful and convenient process for connecting metallic objects and it employs plasma to do it.

  • @andrewjustin256
    @andrewjustin256 Жыл бұрын

    Could please make a video on Bose-Einstein Condensate, sometimes known as fifth state of matter?

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes that would be interesting! Thanks for the suggestion!

  • @joedasilva134

    @joedasilva134

    Жыл бұрын

    I had the same idea . I would love it .

  • @dans.6525

    @dans.6525

    Жыл бұрын

    Okay, okay you folks are very, very smart.

  • @davidmorse8432

    @davidmorse8432

    Жыл бұрын

    I was going to ask that question as well.

  • @syedhasnainahmed9097

    @syedhasnainahmed9097

    Жыл бұрын

    Excellent 👍

  • @marielaurebecquelin6470
    @marielaurebecquelin6470 Жыл бұрын

    Clear, passionate, cuuuute! I spent quite some time writing every single word into a document I will read over until I acquire this topic!. Thank you Jason 👍

  • @ProfSimonHolland
    @ProfSimonHolland Жыл бұрын

    brilliant details ....covers photon production, magnetic plasma and so much more..thank you.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @ProfSimonHolland

    @ProfSimonHolland

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MathAndScience if the sun was 100% ionised it would be transparent...or black? apart for the re ionisation at the sound surface...is there another source of visible photons from the the sun?

  • @lilypochnell527
    @lilypochnell527 Жыл бұрын

    Incredible and informative lesson with a lot of interesting facts and good examples. Thank you very much, Jason.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure! Glad you liked it!

  • @h7opolo
    @h7opolo Жыл бұрын

    you've renewed some of my faith in humanity. i am very grateful to have found such a great teacher finally.

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    @nm1978 Жыл бұрын

    My god you are so good, the best teacher in the world, I love your way of teaching, how clearly you express everything, what a great person you are. The world should learn from you, shame on the education systems of this planet. But I like your videos that were slower better, no need to increase the speed, you are the BEST IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Awww thank you so much. I appreciate it!

  • @dlkline27
    @dlkline27 Жыл бұрын

    An awesome presentation enabling understanding of a high order. Thank you for the clear, concise lesson.

  • @joedasilva134
    @joedasilva134 Жыл бұрын

    You always make complex subjects easy to understand. I would love a video on Tesla coil . Thanks for the video n keep them coming .

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, will do! Tesla coil is a great idea for future video. Thanks!

  • @joedasilva134

    @joedasilva134

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MathAndScience YES !!!! Thank you !

  • @sakikogookheng
    @sakikogookheng Жыл бұрын

    The world doesn't deserve you Jason. It's always great putting on one of your videos and learning. Thank you so much for what you do! :)

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that! Thank you so much.

  • @xyzxyzxyzxyz636
    @xyzxyzxyzxyz636 Жыл бұрын

    Love It! Exactly what I needed to understand, in order to finish my work on quantum gravity, or The Complete Theory of The Universe and Life. Thanks!

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    @James-gv8dr Жыл бұрын

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    @HojoSell9 ай бұрын

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  • @cdkslakkend5742
    @cdkslakkend5742 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent introduction to understanding what 'plasma' is. Thank you sir.

  • @jefferybarnett1849
    @jefferybarnett1849 Жыл бұрын

    I loved this lesson. How about a discussion on photon pumps used in gas lasers?

  • @feelingzhakkaas
    @feelingzhakkaas Жыл бұрын

    absolutely wonderful lecture. god bless you sir. out standing video

  • @storytimewithunclekumaran5004
    @storytimewithunclekumaran5004 Жыл бұрын

    Great lecture.. thoroughly enjoyed it.

  • @MarcusRashid996
    @MarcusRashid996 Жыл бұрын

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  • @shawncalderon4950
    @shawncalderon49505 ай бұрын

    A wonderful presentation!

  • @rickmoore3730
    @rickmoore3730 Жыл бұрын

    I have waited a long time for a description of plasma I could understand and why it is different than a gas . I am glad you stretched your lesson out to thirty minutes !

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much and I’m happy you enjoyed it!

  • @romainet8204
    @romainet82044 ай бұрын

    Thanks Bro! insightful yet deep.

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    @user-cg5wl5ox7p10 ай бұрын

    awesome description!

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    @4subvoid4 Жыл бұрын

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    @charlesledbetter1735 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, I learned so much. You are a very good teacher. Thank you!

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    @jayalabdullah5677 Жыл бұрын

    Great lecture 👍🏻, thanks for sharing.

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    @williampierce2034 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent presentation!

  • @txlish
    @txlish Жыл бұрын

    Appreciate kind of extra details you tend to go into most things Science and Math topics. Interesting to know an ionized atom would need more energy to be dis-integrated subsequently after it has alread split first or 2nd or 3rd electron courtesy Ionization energy and/or Nucleus holding on to remiander of the electrons more tightly? Wonder if you shed more light? Thanks!

  • @JohnDoe-pd3ih
    @JohnDoe-pd3ih Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, very informative and not too long. I’m an electrician and love expanding my knowledge, Great video!

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

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    @carlosjauregui7276 Жыл бұрын

    An excellent job teaching. Thank you

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    @chemlover0811 ай бұрын

    I keep coming back to this video, by far one of my fav videos that's sparks curiosity!!! Thank you so much!!!

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    11 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you!

  • @MusicalGeniusBar
    @MusicalGeniusBar Жыл бұрын

    Are you going to make a video explaining the different waves in the atoms. You always say it’s not important, but I want to learn it. Ps, great videos, I learned a lot from them.

  • @user-di4wq1it3s
    @user-di4wq1it3s Жыл бұрын

    Excellent presentation. Such a difficult topic was explained graphically, which means that the presenter has a deep understanding of the topic.

  • @ciananosullivan4169
    @ciananosullivan4169 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Excellent teaching.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @andrewjustin256
    @andrewjustin256 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot! I have been waiting for this day.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @helenbright3358
    @helenbright3358 Жыл бұрын

    Just an amazing lecture! Thank you very much!

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    You're very welcome!

  • @ts8538
    @ts8538 Жыл бұрын

    Very illuminating.

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    @rainiemanlewis2075 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you I love your classes very informative.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    You are so welcome!

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    @amjaddahabreh2168 Жыл бұрын

    Great work. Thanks

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    @davewang2436 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful teaching

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    @thebioreligiotomist1939 Жыл бұрын

    Great content as always. You rock man!

  • @patrickhoy2475
    @patrickhoy24757 ай бұрын

    A brilliant simplifying a complicated physics phenomena, Rosie Hoy New Zealand

  • @cibernauta49
    @cibernauta49 Жыл бұрын

    Always like your videos and your clear and elegant way to explain math and scientific phenomena. I will like to learn more on plasmas.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @madscienceofsno-king8378
    @madscienceofsno-king8378 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, good stuff! Kids often bring up plasma as a 4th state of matter and this will help me explain it a little better, Thanks!

  • @armo4594
    @armo45944 ай бұрын

    Amazing, learned a lot about Plasma from this video. many thanks.

  • @alittax
    @alittax Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your beautiful educational videos!

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @albertomontoya4316
    @albertomontoya43165 ай бұрын

    Thank you Very Much Jason. What a brilliant mind you have...!!!

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    @sadanandbhardwaj5110 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent dear speaker

  • @LucianoJuly
    @LucianoJuly Жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed

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    @ericloderichs1480 Жыл бұрын

    Wow. Great lecture.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @CHIPCORNFIELD
    @CHIPCORNFIELD2 ай бұрын

    this is amazing!~

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    @moralmentecorrecto7032 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the content

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @johnchisholm7350
    @johnchisholm7350 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! It has taken 70 years to nail this problem. Thanks a million, now what do you know about sound and frequency? JohnC

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad to help! And yes I will one day.

  • @Ganpatthealth
    @Ganpatthealth2 ай бұрын

    Sir, you are incredible! Thank you so much for your lessons....I am trying to absorb as much as I can from you.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    2 ай бұрын

    Rock on!

  • @WorkingSystem
    @WorkingSystem Жыл бұрын

    Thanks teacher.

  • @BrettPittman
    @BrettPittman Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating lessons. Being a journeyman lineman, I can't help but think about my years of Rubber Gloving 21kv AC. And some of the giant arcs I've drawn with hot sticks. Wondering if these could be controlled with an induced magnetic field?

  • @BushaBandulu
    @BushaBanduluАй бұрын

    This was INCRT!.. 💯⚡️👍🏾 Thank you.

  • @ronyben-nachum7803
    @ronyben-nachum7803 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for a very interesting explanation. It certainly taught me something.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @Life123love1
    @Life123love1 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent

  • @tomalexander9340
    @tomalexander9340 Жыл бұрын

    GREAT VIDEO! BTW......Your math courses are much better than others on the internet! I'll be back to pick up where I left off.....

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @User-74891
    @User-74891 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Very interesting and useful topic.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    You are welcome!

  • @evansatiglah3866
    @evansatiglah3866Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much.

  • @MrMUTHOGA
    @MrMUTHOGA Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting and informative. I am able to visualize everything plasma.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @robertwinkler4719
    @robertwinkler4719 Жыл бұрын

    Bravo, got your DVDs too. You R a national treasure, keep on teycking

  • @michallaskart5334
    @michallaskart53342 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!!!

  • @kurtak9452
    @kurtak9452 Жыл бұрын

    Great lecture, learned a lot.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @venrx8745
    @venrx8745 Жыл бұрын

    omg the first time i understand science idk how but thx i got 20 from 20 the first time in science thx for the good learning and it was a nice lesson.

  • @dylandenmore
    @dylandenmore3 күн бұрын

    This guy connects the actual field to the classroom. Chemistry is normally a boring subject. This supplement the principles of chemistry by actually playing with it. :)

  • @niyonkuruidrissa2346
    @niyonkuruidrissa2346 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! Nice lesson 👍 much respect 💕💕💕

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! 😃

  • @williamprice1844
    @williamprice1844 Жыл бұрын

    This guy loves to teach, which makes me want to learn

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Love this! Thanks so much!

  • @johnyu1750
    @johnyu1750 Жыл бұрын

    Great lecture! You explained so much to me in under an hour. Thank you so much.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @johnyu1750

    @johnyu1750

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MathAndScience now if we only didn’t have so many science deniers… oh, what a wonderful world!

  • @RenukaNagendra
    @RenukaNagendra10 ай бұрын

    Best of the best!

  • @TheAsbaje
    @TheAsbaje6 ай бұрын

    FUNTASTIC!

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    @repairstudio4940 Жыл бұрын

    Love it 🙌

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    @primeradianttechnologies3085 Жыл бұрын

    You are absolutly amazing !!!

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow, thank you!

  • @idrissaspengykabiajr.8544
    @idrissaspengykabiajr.8544 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the lectures. I got more than just plasma study. Magnetism was nailed as well. Never knew that gravitational force is the weakest. I thought it is Vana wall force.

  • @tomvdb9369
    @tomvdb9369 Жыл бұрын

    Great video 😀 many thanks

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @goerizal1
    @goerizal1 Жыл бұрын

    before the lecture i thought i knew a little bit, after his lecture i realized i have been deluding myself. what a great teacher he is.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @sams6l87
    @sams6l87 Жыл бұрын

    Great Video, thanks

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @devinmd_2
    @devinmd_2 Жыл бұрын

    Wait wait wait wait wait… 99%(or more) of the visible light that we humans experience, and see in the universe is plasma? How have I been able to coexist in SUCH an ignorant state before this?! I’m glad that I have to say the least… otherwise I would not have fallen upon this mind bending epiphany❤️

  • @amfreshfood3177
    @amfreshfood31773 ай бұрын

    Great teaching! I'm curious about your camera setup; could you explain how your camera mechanism works? Thanks!

  • @netsena1775
    @netsena1775 Жыл бұрын

    3-year student of Jason, he is my distant council/mentor, i appreciate you, jason!

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Awww thank you so much!

  • @l0I0I0I0
    @l0I0I0I0 Жыл бұрын

    Btw, you explained plasma VERY WELL! Ty! Now I understand why I can't buy a jar of nutronium. Is it fair to say nutronium can only exist for long periods of time under ultra-GREAT pressures such as in the sun? Of course the sun is not nutronium but a plasma as the ions are mixed with electrons in a plasma.

  • @quanphung9966
    @quanphung9966 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @praveenkumardhankar2716
    @praveenkumardhankar27169 ай бұрын

    I have so many questions. Light is information(to us) at least vis-a-vis the high energy transparent plasma. So in a way the electron has to inform space-time that it has 'settled in an orbit'. I apologise if it's not a very mathematical/physical way of looking at it.

  • @tresajessygeorge210
    @tresajessygeorge210 Жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU... SIR...!!!

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Most welcome!

  • @1371gabriela
    @1371gabriela Жыл бұрын

    this is awesome information. Thank you, Math and Science Professor. Did you work with plasma propulsion systems involve the TR series triangle crafts? I have seen these crafts... they are magnificent.

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    No but I did work on plasma rocket engines for a while. Will do a video on that one day.

  • @1371gabriela

    @1371gabriela

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MathAndScience, that is fascinating! I would look forward to that video. I'd also be interested in any knowledge you might have on graphene oxide and how it can be used in bio-engineering, and if you have any ideas on how a human might be able to gain control over the electro-magnetic power of this biotech, considering that it can weaponize a body against itself, being that a body can be "hacked" once it has formed a "MAC address" and the mechanics can be remotely manipulated.....

  • @ronjon7942
    @ronjon7942 Жыл бұрын

    Around 24:00 when you mention the fluorescent light hitting 11,000K, is that similar to the sun's corona achieving a million degrees Kelvin, but supposedly you could pass your hand through unharmed? It was helpful you used the neon example; what elements are involved with other plasmas, like lightning, the plasma ball, welding, fluorescent lights, the auroras...?

  • @amylai8575
    @amylai8575 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @pleassave
    @pleassave Жыл бұрын

    It’s what angels are made of.

  • @markrockliff2742
    @markrockliff2742 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I wondered how it works and thought I would never gain any real insight.

  • @mp-qh1um
    @mp-qh1um Жыл бұрын

    thank you for the eureka moment in my mind

  • @MathAndScience

    @MathAndScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome!

  • @gregorykotoch5045
    @gregorykotoch5045 Жыл бұрын

    I've learned so much from this chanel. I wonder what rocket engines he worked on?