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Re: Plasma

on 20/11/03 5:02 PM, Ludwik Kowalski at kowalskil@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU wrote:

The word "plasma" is used to describe the
liquid part of blood. And in physics the same
word is used to describe a mixture of positive
and negative ions (usually electrons and positive
ions). What do biological and physical plasmas
have in common (to justify the same word)?

Etymology: plasma (Greek): "something formed or moulded".

Brian McInnes


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