Recent content by Jake DAprile

I was in an argument about a jet engine and I was arguing that since there is a cutoff in terminology what would kill someone approaching a engine is not technically sound, but a shock wave, (I'm probably wrong about this, but that's not the question). That got me wondering how waves can catch...

The way I understand most generators that are used in plants is that they take the heat form combustion or fission and use It to create steam to run a turbine with magnets on it that create AC power over a coil. how could a dc generator work?

If plasma is just ionized gas isn't it basically just a sea of mobile electrons but in gas, if not then how can a bunch of electrons and positive ions stay separate and the gas ionized for long.