Plasma (pheesics)

Plasma (frae Greek πλάσμα, "onything formed") is ane o the fower fundamental states o matter (the ithers bein solit, liquid, an gas). It comprises the major component o the Sun. Heatin a gas mey ionize its molecules or atoms (reducin or increasin the nummer o electrons in them), sicweys turnin it intae a plasma, which contains charged pairticles: positive ions an negative electrons or ions.