"plasma" for the state of matter: the article had both:
- "(first used in 1928)" in the header list; and
- "first applied to ionized gas by Dr. Irving Langmuir, an American chemist and physicist, in 1929." at the end.
removed for now until someone can track down the correct date. -- Tarquin
Can someone please explain how solar wind is a form of plasma? --dave
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