The Etymology of “Plasma”, the Person Who Discovered Plasma (State of Matter), the Original Name of Plasma (State of Matter), the Work of U.S. Chemist Irving Langmuir During the 1920’s, the Reason Plasma (State of Matter) Became Referred to as “Plasma”, Plasma (Blood) vs Plasma (State of Matter), the Person Who Named Plasma (Blood), the Connection Between Plasma (Blood) and Plasma (State of Matter), and the Basis for the Name of Plasma (Blood) and the Name of Plasma (State of Matter)

The term “plasma” is derived from the Ancient Greek term “plassein” which means to “shape or mold something”. Plasma related to physics, specifically matter which has had its electrons separated from the rest of its atoms, forcing it to become an ion, more specifically a mixture of free floating electrons and ions, was first identified by British chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes in 1879 using cathode ray tubes. Crookes referred to this discovery initially as “radiant matter” but it beca...


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