On Sun, 01 Mar 1998 William Beaty <billb@eskimo.com> wrote:
.. Plasma is a conductor.
Not in the same sense as a metal. Vacuum also "conducts" charged particles
when an electric field, E, is applied. Electrons do not escape from metal
unless they can ovecome binding, for example, when a fillament is heated.
What is the value of the "work function" for a stream of solar wind in
which there are about 10 to 100 atoms per cubic centimeter?