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Is fire a form of plasma?

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As it happens, fire passes all these tests with flying colors. Fire is a genuine plasma. Maybe not the best plasma, or the most ionized plasma, but it does alright. Because the flame has a bunch of free charged particles it is pushed and pulled by. read more

Yes and no. Fire is not a plasma - fire is just heat and light. It isn't a material. But the materials undergoing combustion can sometimes be plasmas. There is no special cutoff to be considered a plasma. Any collection of ionised gas is a plasma, independent of temperature. read more

Plasma arc welding offers a good example of plasma and its qualities in comparison to ordinary flames. In plasma welding, gas is plasmized via an electrical current and in the process heated up to 20,000 o Celsius and shot onto a material. read more

Firstly, 'Fire', according to numerous comments and answers [here][1] is a 'process', in which case, the answer to the question will be 'no', since plasma is a state of matter. read more

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