# how to make plasma

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**Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-make-plasma/19913/9 "2006-11-08T20:03:08Z")

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> [@Carnut](#):
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> Hmmmm how does this work exactly is it a phase change or chemical reaction?

[http://jlnlabs.online.fr/plasma/gmrtst/](http://jlnlabs.online.fr/plasma/gmrtst/)

“A short summary is that the soot that is given off by the match fills the volume. Soot is just particles made of carbon, which may know is a conductor. The microwaves that are generated ionize these carbon particles. As they are ionized, the conductive soot cloud allows sparks, which then turns the air into plasma.”

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