High Temperaure Plasma's behavior with other solids and liquids a Room Temp

[piareround]

Recently, I came across some who suggested that a plasma between half the temperature of the sun (2889 K) and the temperature of the sun (5,778) would have the same burn patterns as lava.

I felt skeptical about this for two reasons

1. Lava's viscosity affects how it behaves. I did not think not sure that the viscosity of plasma would have the similar affect on plasma as the viscosity of lava has on lava
2. The artificial plasma from a carbon arc lamp creates a kind of dust or soot that reasearch separate out to find graphine. Furthermore, plasma's range from almost but not quite 0 K to 10^8 K in magnitude.

However, I really wasn't sure what plasma would do in general if it was between 2889 K and 5778 K... so...

What exactly would a plasma between 2889 K and 5778 do to a solid inorganic sustances like a rod of carbon or steel. What about to gelatinous compounds like Agar and Gelatin? What about to liquids like Midieval Glass, oil, and water?

 

[Astronuc]

A lot depends on the density of the plasma, and the temperature and density together determine the energy that would be conducted into a solid.

Plasma ions can knock out (ablate) the atoms of a solid. See - Plasma etching.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_etching

At some density of plasma, sufficient energy flows (is conducted into) a solid such that the solid may turn to liquid.

 

[piareround]

Hmm... I see... well this gives me something to look up at the library, so thanks ^_^.

Anything else you might know would be helpful ^_^.