When did plasma become a state of matter?
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When did plasma become discovered as a new state of matter?
1879
The term "plasma" was coined by Irving Langmuir in 1928. Lewi Tonks and Harold Mott-Smith, both of whom worked with Irving Langmuir in the 1920s, recall that Langmuir first used the word "plasma" in analogy with blood. Mott-Smith recalls, in particular, that the transport of electrons from thermionic filaments reminded Langmuir of "the way blood plasma carries red and white corpuscles and germs."
When did plasma become the term for a state of matter?
1928
Plasma (physics)
Plasma (physics)
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Plasma was first identified in laboratory by Sir William Crookes. Crookes presented a lecture on what he called "radiant matter" to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, in Sheffield, on Friday, 22 August 1879.[13] However, systematical studies of plasma began with the research of Irving Langmuir and his colleagues in 1920's. Langmuir also introduced the term "plasma" as a description of ionized gas in 1928:
Plasma (physics)
Lewi Tonks and Harold Mott-Smith, both of whom worked with Langmuir in the 1920's, recall that Langmuir first used the term by analogy with the blood plasma.[15][16] Mott-Smith recalls, in particular, that the transport of electrons from thermionic filaments reminded Langmuir of "the way blood plasma carries red and white corpuscles and germs."[17]
Plasma (physics)
Plasma was first identified in laboratory by Sir William Crookes who presented a lecture on what he called "radiant matter" to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, in Sheffield, on Friday, 22 August 1879. However, systematical studies of plasma began with the research of Irving Langmuir and his colleagues in 1920's. Langmuir also introduced the term "plasma" as a description of ionized gas in 1928. Lewi Tonks and Harold Mott-Smith, both of whom worked with Langmuir in the 1920's, recall that Langmuir first used the term by analogy with the blood plasma, in particular, that the transport of electrons from thermionic filaments reminded Langmuir of "the way blood plasma carries red and white corpuscles and germs."