What Is a Plasma?

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  • Explanation of the fourth state of matter and how this has been known since the Greeks. Examples of plasmas in a ball and in a DC glow chamber. Shows a diffuse glow changing into a ribbon of plasma which can be moved by a magnetic field. A radio-frequency (RF) plasma is also shown.

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  • @mingklytus
    @mingklytus 3 роки тому +21

    For all his obvious intelligence, knowledge, and skill ... his true talent is teaching. This is a subject most people only understand in the abstract. He explains it in a way my 8 year old can grasp. And does it in 9 minutes. Amazing. Thank You Professor.

  • @dumyjobby
    @dumyjobby 4 роки тому +53

    stop making videos, they are too interesting, i can't stop watching them

    • @onetwothree4148
      @onetwothree4148 4 роки тому +11

      I mean, come on, some of us have lives we should be living, right?! These videos are very inconsiderate of my time management skillset...

    • @samsawesomeminecraft
      @samsawesomeminecraft 3 роки тому +2

      @@onetwothree4148 there's tons of youtube videos and other things on the internet that all affect my time management, so I blame something other than just youtube, it's a whole culture of websites that all suck away my time

    • @juniormencia2114
      @juniormencia2114 3 роки тому +2

      I'm addicted too.

    • @BijouBakson
      @BijouBakson 2 роки тому

      Haha

  • @Lanse1984
    @Lanse1984 4 роки тому +49

    Keep making these video's. They are so worth it.

  • @nguyennguyenduc4594
    @nguyennguyenduc4594 5 років тому +78

    I appreciate your lessons.

  • @Mrpunkin785
    @Mrpunkin785 2 роки тому +2

    All through highschool, I was excited to learn about plasma, but every time I asked about it they were like, "yeah we're not covering that." It's a blessing to have free, high quality education like this.

    • @atomicsmith
      @atomicsmith Рік тому +1

      I had a chemistry teacher that said, “it’s rare and not that important.”

  • @jackmiddleton2080
    @jackmiddleton2080 4 роки тому +39

    So a Flamethrower is technically a plasma cannon.

    • @Tzunamii777
      @Tzunamii777 4 роки тому +6

      Anything that reaches a certain temp is a plasma. Thats solid, liquid or gas.

    • @Robin-234
      @Robin-234 3 роки тому +7

      The misconception about fire being a plasma is actually really common. It isn't plasma, but it isn't a solid, liquid or gas either. It's our visualisation of a chemical reaction. It might look like something, because it is constantly there. We can see it, we can feel the warmth, we can hear the crackling of whatever is burning and smell it too. But think about it, when the fuel is gone, so is the fire. You can't see what fuels the flamethrower, but it's not like you're creating fire out of nothing. Fire is just a prolonged case of combustion. A chemical reaction.
      Sorry if this is too long :)

    • @jackmiddleton2080
      @jackmiddleton2080 3 роки тому

      @@Robin-234 Not too long. Good answer.

    • @samsawesomeminecraft
      @samsawesomeminecraft 3 роки тому +1

      @@Robin-234 so fire is just a combustion reaction that happens for a long time and emits visible light?

    • @Robin-234
      @Robin-234 3 роки тому +1

      @@samsawesomeminecraft well, yes. Though, fire isn't a type or subset of combustion, it's just combustion when it's happening for a longer period of time.
      And yes, it emits light and warmth.

  • @Arran1904
    @Arran1904 Рік тому +1

    Is it just me that is amazed at his ability to write backwards so neatly?

    • @hii9791
      @hii9791 Рік тому

      Thats what I noticed first

  • @fitty77
    @fitty77 3 роки тому +2

    Those professors that i will forever remember from my academic world, are guys like this. They don't go (only) by formulas, by theorizing around things. That's easy for guys that have good memory. They go much deep into a world where they can keep things interesting for the students and make them think much by themselves about what they are explaining. I've found that this itself is a form of art. The art to teaching, that only a few can master. Sure you have so many teachers and professors and whatever. But for me the real ones, are guys like this. Congrats and keep up with this videos.

  • @bradarmstrong3952
    @bradarmstrong3952 3 роки тому +1

    How has this only been viewed 31,000 times??

  • @bobann3566
    @bobann3566 2 роки тому +2

    Really enjoyed the demonstrations, especially the one with the magnet. Made it simple to understand. Thank you.

  • @michaelludvik2173
    @michaelludvik2173 2 роки тому +1

    This is the professor’s best video yet. Plasma is def something he spent time thinking about. Love the demos too.

  • @verborgenewahrheit1594
    @verborgenewahrheit1594 4 роки тому +2

    So far, the only man able to help me understand what exactly plasma is. Thank you 🙏

  • @soza1627
    @soza1627 Рік тому +4

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us Professor .

  • @MagnificentVillain
    @MagnificentVillain 4 роки тому +13

    Professor your videos are amazing. Very easy to understand and full of great knowledge. I wish I had you in my college, I would have gained better grades😉
    Thanks for uploading

  • @4subvoid4
    @4subvoid4 4 роки тому +17

    Great vid! You are an excellent teacher! Excellent! Thank's!

  • @enteyedos
    @enteyedos 4 роки тому +12

    It is been a while since the last time a see a really walk trought lecture about lab tools, Prof, David Ruzic your name should be highlited more on the video description, thanks!

  • @stjoggv
    @stjoggv 4 роки тому +4

    This Professor is really amazing . It is very easy understand each and every concept which he teaches. I request you to continue this as much as possible. Thank you!!!

  • @chazbono9861
    @chazbono9861 2 роки тому

    Im just amazed how well this guy can write everything mirrored and reversed

  • @workingtheworld68
    @workingtheworld68 4 роки тому +1

    BSEE 1977 / UIUC. Good to see we still have great teaching profs!

  • @lorenzosablaya8079
    @lorenzosablaya8079 23 години тому

    awesome, worth watching n gaining knowledge.

  • @AK-gg5nh
    @AK-gg5nh Рік тому +1

    Excellent video as always, thank you for putting these out for everyone to learn.

  • @daniellesouza1695
    @daniellesouza1695 3 роки тому

    The best explanation I found regarding plasma!!!! Way to go!!! Thank you!!! You have the gift of teaching!!!! Congratulations!!!!!

  • @samuelmason8370
    @samuelmason8370 4 роки тому

    Those demos were amazing! thanks professor!

  • @behuman3811
    @behuman3811 Рік тому

    Thank you so much Prof. I could sleep now. I've got my question aswered

  • @pepe6666
    @pepe6666 4 роки тому +9

    im digging this channel.

  • @christophermckeon9030
    @christophermckeon9030 4 роки тому +1

    Really nice discussion. Clear and cogent. Thanks.

  • @rajeshprasadlectures
    @rajeshprasadlectures 2 роки тому

    Thanks a lot. Great video. Great demos.

  • @bryanalcantarfilms
    @bryanalcantarfilms 7 місяців тому

    This is explained so well and is so awesome!

  • @HelionDark
    @HelionDark 4 роки тому +9

    part with 4 elements was so interesting !

  • @1988proxy
    @1988proxy Рік тому

    Thanks! Really good explanation!!

  • @christinearmington
    @christinearmington 4 роки тому +2

    He said jello!! My only previous image of plasma. Until now. FIRE 🔥 !!!
    So proud of my UI Masters Degree right now. 😌

  • @mrgyani
    @mrgyani 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the brilliant lecture prof.. This answered eerything I wanted to know and more..

  • @realomon
    @realomon 4 роки тому +31

    his ability to write backwards is astonishing.

    • @KillerF0x
      @KillerF0x 4 роки тому +7

      realomon that’s all I could focus on at first lol. I think he’s writing forward and the video is flipped vertically.

    • @carljaekle
      @carljaekle 4 роки тому +13

      It's a mirrored presentation. Notice his wedding ring is on what appears to be his right hand.

    • @mingklytus
      @mingklytus 3 роки тому

      LMAO

    • @mastershake42019
      @mastershake42019 3 роки тому +1

      Amazing how many people don't know what mirrors do. 😜

    • @icouldntthinkofaname3419
      @icouldntthinkofaname3419 3 роки тому +1

      His ability to get an adhd kid to understand more complex ideas than this is as astonishing

  • @rjc3343
    @rjc3343 4 роки тому

    Fantastic lesson!

  • @cinefly.
    @cinefly. Рік тому

    Great teacher!

  • @TheDallasDwayne
    @TheDallasDwayne 2 роки тому

    Amazing. Thank You, sir!

  • @whateverthisis3929
    @whateverthisis3929 3 роки тому

    Loved this very much

  • @jessederue1418
    @jessederue1418 4 роки тому

    this channel is awesome.

  • @atomicsmith
    @atomicsmith Рік тому

    Isn’t it interesting that people like Brian Cox and NDT will wax lyrical for hours about dark matter, muons, leptons, quarks, etc. But will never even utter the word plasma. “Interstellar dust and gas…” No, it’s plasma. Thank you for this very clear introduction.

  • @sunalwaysshinesonTVs
    @sunalwaysshinesonTVs 2 роки тому

    Great video. Learned so much. Replace the marker.

  • @olavogazzola2650
    @olavogazzola2650 2 роки тому

    that was really cool!

  • @sent4dc
    @sent4dc 4 роки тому +24

    Hah, interesting. I didn't know that it makes up 99% of the stuff in the universe.

    • @Ryan_Harkin
      @Ryan_Harkin 4 роки тому +2

      Neither do the dArK mAtTeR scientists.

  • @nantambirose5984
    @nantambirose5984 2 роки тому

    HELPED ME ALOT

  • @LAD0GER
    @LAD0GER 3 роки тому +1

    If this was my science teacher then I would want to be a science major.

  • @desmonddwyer
    @desmonddwyer 4 роки тому

    Wow I learned a lot from that lesson, great job ;-)

  • @sdgb5363
    @sdgb5363 Рік тому

    THANK YOU for FINALLY making sense of what a plasma is!! :)

  • @johngirard8554
    @johngirard8554 4 роки тому

    Well said. Thanks.

  • @rameshbhosale455
    @rameshbhosale455 2 роки тому

    I like the end. awesome.

  • @NakigandaAriana
    @NakigandaAriana Рік тому

    Good teacher😊😊 thank u😊

  • @kimgosseye8588
    @kimgosseye8588 4 роки тому +2

    Masterpiece

  • @DaveFer
    @DaveFer 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this excellent video, Prof. Ruzic. I'm left with 1 naive question: If a gas, as in your hydrogen or argon examples, is pushed into a plasma state (where the electron is ripped away) ... is that hydrogen still hydrogen? The argon still argon? Or does it become some sort of "matter soup" of electrons and nuclei floating about?

  • @MegaMech
    @MegaMech 2 роки тому +1

    Public school science textbooks should use your explanation of electrons and an explanation for electron cloud distribution which it doesn't even mention which makes students believe somehow electrons just magically spin around atoms. Plus there's the Bill Nye video where iirc I think he claims electrons can be like miles away from its atom. Which perhaps is either outright wrong or only showing one specific scenario.

  • @aasayae_alaipolae__6551
    @aasayae_alaipolae__6551 4 роки тому +1

    Nice sir

  • @pixxelwizzard
    @pixxelwizzard 3 роки тому

    So fascinating! Love this channel! Interesting that the greeks got all 4 states of matter kinda right.

  • @cascaderetriever7618
    @cascaderetriever7618 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @arielshikoba1857
    @arielshikoba1857 2 роки тому

    Amazing 😊

  • @theoriginalcttheoriginalct6938
    @theoriginalcttheoriginalct6938 4 роки тому

    Sir, your lectures are so great. Thank you! After only a few weeks, I think I'm a genius. There are obviously 5 states of matter. The fifth is actually the first, preceding solids. It's the"programmable", empty framework offering location options for the other forms of matter/antimatter. I guess space? Is that matter too? If there is a quantity of it, it must be a form of matter too, right?

  • @marttiinnanen4911
    @marttiinnanen4911 4 роки тому

    One way to use modulated plasma is plasma tweeters. You can make sound by modulating plasma using an AC audio current...

  • @johannjohann6523
    @johannjohann6523 Рік тому

    I hate to disagree with the great Professor, but it is not the 4th phase of matter. Because it is simply heated "gas", and Plasma is just that, and nothing else like Plasma - heated gas. Now he is correct saying 99% of the material in the universe is Plasma - stars, suns. In our solar system the sun makes up 99% of the material, the other planets 1%.But I loved how he was writing backwards on the clear board. Sorry, but I think it is cool. And I enjoyed the video.

  • @BijouBakson
    @BijouBakson 2 роки тому

    thank you

  • @howardhughes6212
    @howardhughes6212 10 місяців тому

    the see through board is blowing my mind

  • @georgepp98
    @georgepp98 3 роки тому

    There are 5 states of matter, with BE condensate, but you surely know that sir. BE condensate is just so rare we can neglect.

  • @ThUnDaHuNtA_Australia
    @ThUnDaHuNtA_Australia 4 роки тому +2

    hi David, i thoight it was recognised that there were 5 states (or phases) of matter. going opposite tfrom the hot end down to the cold end you end up with the bose - einstien condensate. although admittedly the four you mentioned are regarded as natural states and the 5th is man made.
    regards richard.

  • @ralanham76
    @ralanham76 4 роки тому

    Well that's just the beginning of plasma, can you do more plasma videos

  • @djohanson99
    @djohanson99 4 роки тому +1

    this guy so cool. Always been a scientist but not in this field. Saw one the other day now i am hookt. And i've learned somethings. Such as radioactivity does not come from radioactive things or sources. He said neutrons cause radiation. And i blieve him. Why would he lie and since this is science easy enough to verify. Thank you for the knowledge from this and the other video you made.

  • @howardhughes6212
    @howardhughes6212 10 місяців тому

    I weld for a living. with tig we mostly use argon to shield the plasma from the atmosphere. In my world, we call it the welding arc.
    When it comes to welding aluminum, we can adjust the focus of the arc by adjusting the hertz. When welding steel we adjust the focus using amperage and the distance between the electrodes.

  • @eddiemorrone870
    @eddiemorrone870 3 роки тому

    Have you considered how we went from earth, wind, water, and fire to solid, liquid, and gas?
    After-all LEDs are solids that emit light, lava is a liquid that emits light, and fire is a gas that emits light. There’s a clear case that luminescence is a property of matter like electric charge and magnetism. The plasma ball is compelling but, you can run a high voltage current through a piece of wood and see that it only runs through a narrow circuitous path.
    If plasma is a different state of matter then it seems we would have to add two more states for luminescent solids and liquids. Would you agree?

  • @mzawi809
    @mzawi809 4 роки тому

    can the plasma reconfigure itself and create other elements than those initially included in the gas? if so, how to control this process and what elements can be created from plasma?

  • @kingjojo4322
    @kingjojo4322 Рік тому

    Does the gas you use determine the color of the plasma and the different type of plasmas?

  • @darkowl9
    @darkowl9 3 роки тому +1

    To make fusion energy, we just need to tune it to the right radio station.

  • @bigdawg4670
    @bigdawg4670 4 роки тому

    The 12 dislikes are elementary school teachers who still say it’s 3 states

  • @ahamedrassath
    @ahamedrassath Рік тому

    Thanks

  • @xagatal
    @xagatal 3 роки тому

    If they used this guy's lecture to teach physics at my school I would have straight A's instead of D's.

  • @michaelmardini346
    @michaelmardini346 4 роки тому +3

    I like your videos! Wow. Please continue to do more. But clouds are not water vapor, but water droplets (liquid). Water Vapor is transparent. 😜

    • @onetwothree4148
      @onetwothree4148 4 роки тому

      Are you saying boiled water is a liquid, because it isn't transparent?

    • @michaelmardini346
      @michaelmardini346 4 роки тому

      @@onetwothree4148 boiled water is water vapor. However clouds are made of water mini droplets (liquid) or ice crystals (solid), not vapor.

    • @onetwothree4148
      @onetwothree4148 4 роки тому

      @@michaelmardini346 why don't they fall when they become liquid?

  • @sethnotes
    @sethnotes 3 роки тому

    I'm confused about something. If I understand correctly (and I may not) a plasma occurs when atoms are heated until electrons are ripped away from the nuclei. So, I think it's like you have a haze of electrons and nuclei. If so, is there a difference between plasma generated by heating hydrogen and plasma generated by heating oxygen? In both cases (again, assuming I'm right), the plasma would just be electrons and nuclei separated from each other. So, would there be a difference? If so, what would that difference be? Likewise, if you heat oxygen until it's a plasma and then cool it, does it go back to oxygen gas? Or do different atoms form?

  • @animalblundetto5673
    @animalblundetto5673 4 роки тому +1

    6:19 Somewhere out there, there’s an audiophile trying to figure out a way to use that beam as the ultimate speaker wire

  • @onetwothree4148
    @onetwothree4148 4 роки тому

    Does anyone know what was going on with the very last experiment? How do a radio frequency and a coil produce a plasma? And why is a radio wave considered DC?

  • @alexmaccity
    @alexmaccity 4 роки тому +1

    A little more *negative* pressure (vacumm)

  • @javierperea8967
    @javierperea8967 4 роки тому

    does magnets would affect fire (plasma)?

  • @martinkauko5742
    @martinkauko5742 3 роки тому

    So it's just vapour or is it any gas that can be turned into plasma

  • @djohanson99
    @djohanson99 4 роки тому +5

    wonder who gave it a thumbs down. Probably somebody trying to make the bomb and figures this video won't help.

  • @iblesbosuok
    @iblesbosuok 4 роки тому

    Remind me to prof. Matt Anderson's learning glass

  • @michaelsalovaara567
    @michaelsalovaara567 Рік тому

    What is the difference between plasma and fire? This wasn't taught when I was in high school and it's not taught in my son's high school.

  • @axenking6085
    @axenking6085 2 роки тому

    What is an electron distribution cloud?

  • @StreuB1
    @StreuB1 4 роки тому

    Prof Ruzic is legit af

  • @double_0_delta158
    @double_0_delta158 3 роки тому

    What do you mean we are used to seeing 3. I look up in the sky and see the fourth state of matter every day.

  • @ArchFundy
    @ArchFundy 4 роки тому +1

    Two thoughts on this.
    1) How does he write backwards like that? That must take a lot of practice.
    2) Why is blood plasma called plasma?

    • @danyael777
      @danyael777 4 роки тому +1

      **facepalm** i was asking myself the same thing, like forever^^

  • @kansascityshuffle8526
    @kansascityshuffle8526 4 роки тому

    So is water the molecule becoming a plasma or is the hydrogen and oxygen becoming their own plasma states?

  • @jasonfife6763
    @jasonfife6763 Рік тому

    What software and hardware is in his presentations? I don't think it's simple glass, because the image would be reversed.

  • @rjvtechnologies
    @rjvtechnologies 2 роки тому

    glass is a super cooled liquid since with time gravity will always make the glass window thicker at the bottom which is a liquid behaviour, same from ice.
    In a special note and through "particles eyes" there's no states only more or less connections strength depending on surrounding TPM, the perception of state is an illusion

  • @davidwilkie9551
    @davidwilkie9551 4 роки тому +5

    There's the Physics.

  • @LowfDog
    @LowfDog 3 роки тому

    So is it plasma in a nuclear explosion that makes the electromagnetic pulse, or is something else coming into play?

  • @4a20lamkahimmartin2
    @4a20lamkahimmartin2 2 роки тому

    just curious, is he writing from the back of the glass?

  • @mikkolukas
    @mikkolukas 4 роки тому

    There are actually recently found more than four states of matter

  • @d2mar904
    @d2mar904 3 роки тому

    Isnt it possible to creat power using it

  • @tongmaa
    @tongmaa 3 роки тому

    It is a bit more accurate to think of the Plasma as a dielectric of separated charge - the 'Solar Wind' is a Dielectric Wind from the Sun's surface. It also represents 'Charge Separation' in Space that the present cosmological model doesn't recognize, unfortunately for the reputation(s) of the scientist agreeing to such 'democratic science' ...

  • @ricardobautista-garcia8492
    @ricardobautista-garcia8492 2 роки тому

    3:50 Avatar main theme begins to play*

  • @alexmaccity
    @alexmaccity 4 роки тому

    Gases experience similar characteristics. Why when youre on a motorcycle and the road dips down to lower elevation you experience cooler air. Or airplanes taking off.

  • @ZodiacSam
    @ZodiacSam 4 роки тому

    Good lecture. Delivery is a little slow.

  • @marcrigor6423
    @marcrigor6423 10 місяців тому

    When will we "need to know" this?