Re: Plasma

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

The term "burn" is a loose term.Chemical burns: no heat. Radiation burns: no
heat . Ion burns:no heat. freeze burns: no heat . only thermal burns are
heat induced. Chemical, UV, and ion burns may absorb heat from tissue.
  Robert  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 00:07:59 -0700
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Plasma
> Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Resent-Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 00:24:49 -0700
> 
> Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <davep-at-quik-dot-com>
> 
> Tesla list wrote:
> 
>> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
>> <KLogan2026-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
>> In a message dated 2/22/02 2:05:06 PM, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
> 
>> << A plasma nead not be hot,
> 
> It does.
> 
>> it only must be ionized.
> 
> Ionized is another way of saying 'hot'.
> 
> MANY plasmas are low energy enough, or of small enough
> total power that the 'heat' is insensible to things like
> thermometers, or skin.
> 
>> Ion burns are sadistic as they tend to penetrate tissue and degrade
>> the cells, which heals slow.
>> Robert  H
> 
>> Hi again!
>> We had no idea there was more than one way to get burns.
> 
> The word 'burn' is a loose one, which covers many detailed
> scenarios.
> 
>> We kind of thought all burns worked the same way a lit match works.
> 
> Any flame (eg: a lit match) plasma.
> (hint:
> Measuring the electrical conductivity of a flame will
> demonstrate this, and is not hard to do....)
> 
> It is common to speak of 'plasma' as something 'new and
> strange'.  Full(er) understanding of plasma is recent,
> however.
> 
> best
> dwp
> 
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