What Is a Plasma Fireplace

Plasma is an ionized gas. Fire is a rapid combining of an oxidizer and a fuel in a chemical reaction that gives off heat and light. Fire is just a gas that’s so hot it emits light. Plasma is a gas that’s so much hotter that the electrons also come loose from the atoms (and it still emits light.)

What is difference between fire and plasma?

Plasma is an ionized gas. Fire is a rapid combining of an oxidizer and a fuel in a chemical reaction that gives off heat and light. Fire is just a gas that’s so hot it emits light. Plasma is a gas that’s so much hotter that the electrons also come loose from the atoms (and it still emits light.)

How hot is plasma fire?

Naturally occurring plasmas can reach temperatures of up to 106eV (1eV ~ 11600K) [1], in industrial ap-plications maximum temperatures lie around 1eV [2].

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.

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