[Phys-L] Re: plasma TV

["John S. Denker" <jsd@AV8N.COM>]

On 03/03/05 13:06, Anthony Lapinski wrote:
> Does a plasma TV have anything to do with real plasmas?

Yes.

> If so, what role do they play?

It's the star of the show ... the title role, obviously.

For details on the physics, try this:
   http://www.google.com/search?q=plasma-tv+electrode

There are lots of decent descriptions out there.

One key piece of qualitative physics is that when the
size-scale gets small, you can have large E-fields
without a very large voltage.
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