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What causes the formation of plasma in stellar structures?

Answer 1

Plasma is formed by high temperatures or strong magnetic fields.

Frequently denoted as the fourth state of matter, plasma is composed of positively and negatively charged particles that interact without being bound to one another.

When temperatures rise to a point where electrons are released from atoms—a process that can also be facilitated by strong magnetic fields—a plasma is created, which is essentially a sea of negatively charged electrons that have been released from their bonds with positively charged atoms.

Stars have temperatures that are more than enough to produce plasma.

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Answer 2

Piper Hoffman

The intense heat and pressure produced by nuclear fusion reactions in the star's core is the main factor responsible for the formation of plasma in stellar structures.

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