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  • Jan 8, 2007, 01:39 AM
    Thor
    The 4th State of Matter and its explanation
    What is the 4th State of Matter and its explanation?What are examples of this?
  • Jan 8, 2007, 01:47 AM
    Capuchin
    The fourth state of matter is often said to be plasma.

    You can read further details of it here: Plasma (physics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    This is basically a very hot ionised gas. You can make it in your microwave quite easily with a grape, but it may well damage the microwave.

    Here is a website detailing the technique:
    Microwave Grape Plasma

    This state of matter can be seen in the form of lightning. Ball lightning is a longer lasting version (or at least this is the most favoured explanation). The Wikipedia page above details other examples.

    If you have further questions, feel free to ask:)

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