Re: Useless questions

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Plasma would cool rapidly on contact with human tissue, transferring the
heat to your skin (i.e. burn).  Fortunately, the mass of the plasma is low,
so the absolute amount of energy would be low. Burns from RF or shock are
due to the current flowing, with the plasma itself just serving as a
conductor (i.e. like a wire..).

Tesla list wrote:
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<KLogan2026-at-aol-dot-com>
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> In a message dated 2/21/02 8:00:23 PM, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
> 
> << Hello John,
>        I believe a streamer is plasma,which is quite hot...So I wouldn't
touch
> it...
> - >>
> 
>     Hello all!
>     What does plasma do on contact with human tissue? I mean if you touched
> it (which I wouldn't), what exactly does it do (other than really burn you).
> How severe would it be?  So, what exactly could one expect? Electric shock,
> severe burns, what? Just curious. :) A newbie here.
>     Rick
>     algolrave-at-aol-dot-com
>