Is Plasma a Fluid? - Answer Here

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cragar

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Is a plasma a fluid?

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Apr 10, 2009

It's fluid in a generic sense, like a gas is considered fluid. It has viscosity and it flows, and it assumes the geometry of whatever is confining it. It's different because of the presence of nuclei (fully ionized atoms), ions (less than fully ionized atoms) and electrons.

cragar

Apr 10, 2009

ok i see thanks for the answer

Basu Dev

Feb 9, 2012

equation of continuity

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