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At very high temperatures, above 10,000°K, a gas will be ionized. The properties of an ionized gas, or plasma, differ considerably from those of a neutral gas. Hence we may consider the plasma as a fourth state of matter. The main difference between a plasma and a neutral gas is that electromagnetic forces play important roles in the dynamics of the plasma. Aside from this, the plasma behaves in a manner very similar to a gas in many flow problems. In plasma dynamics, we need to study simultaneously the electromagnetic fields and the gasdynamic field. Many new phenomena occur due to the interaction of the gasdynamic and electromagnetic forces.
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Pai, S.I. (1969). Plasma Dynamics. In: Loh, W.H.T. (eds) Modern Developments in Gas Dynamics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8624-1_9
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