Plasma, The Most Common Phase of Matter in the Universe

Get to know plasma, the most common, but probably least understood, phase of matter in the universe!

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Sources:

Plasma

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/quotwhat-causes-the-stran/
http://www.plasmacoalition.org/plasma_writeups/lightning.pdf
http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/euratom/index_en.cfm?pg=fusion&section=plasma-physics
http://education.jlab.org/qa/plasma_02.html
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/lightning.htm

States of Matter

http://home.howstuffworks.com/fluorescent-lamp.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/plasma-converter.htm
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/ionization.html

Images:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_of_Formia#mediaviewer/File:Falkensteiner_Retabel_Drehfl%C3%BCgel_rechts_au%C3%9Fen.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo%27s_fire#mediaviewer/File:Elmo%27s_fire-2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crookes#mediaviewer/File:Sir_William_Crookes_1906.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V48_D855_Crookes_tubes.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerds_plasma.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star#mediaviewer/File:The_Sun_by_the_Atmospheric_Imaging_Assembly_of_NASA%27s_Solar_Dynamics_Observatory_-_20100819.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lightning3.jpg