plasma particle affects and is affected by the fields created by the other charges. In turn, this governs collective behaviour with many degrees of variation.

Plasma is distinct from the other states of matter. In particular, describing a low-density plasma as merely an "ionized gas" is wrong and misleading, even though it is similar to the gas phase in that both assume no definite shape or volume. The following table summarizes some principal differences:

Ideal plasma

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