unrealistic plasma :(
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i just realised, the plasma in tpt isnt realistic at all. it isnt a type of combustion, so it shouldnt die off, and shouldnt be spawned when fire gets too hot, cause fire is ENERGY, in the form of combustion. also, at 9999k and at least 50 punds of pressure or negative pressure, water turns into plasma.
and another thing, plasma doesnt actually behave the same way gas does. it behaves as a light, or almost weghtless liquid, in the case of hydrogen or any light gaseous elements. same with other gasses, the falldown property should be 2, because gases are just basically extremely dispersed liquids and flow the same way
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Then again, in TPT solids are unaffected by gravity, and light moves about as fast as a falling grain of sand. Maybe this could be added as a separate element, although I'm not really sure what its uses would be.
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Fire is NOT energy. Fire is a very hot gas and it is a plasma.
TPT is not realistic in most ways. accept it an have fun.
http://www.askamathematician.com/2013/05/q-is-fire-a-plasma-what-is-plasma/
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Fire is literally your matter, with heat and oxidization going on, throwing off flakes of matter which then start oxidizing even faster, in the process glowing.
Plasma however is something that's incredibly hard to create, much more even harness, so some creative liberties have obviously been taken for TPT. -
plasma is not actually that hard to make. we use plasma chambers in electronics manufacturing all the time. whats hard to make is a super high energy fusion forming plasma. one can make a plasma oven form a microwave oven, a sheet of rubber, a pyrex dish, some plumbing bits, a vacuum pump, a bottle of noble gas (argon or nitrogen work fine), some pressure and vacuum gauges and some good ball valves. One must be willing to dismantle and modify the microwave oven. on the bottom of the oven there needs to be pipes leading into the oven connect to the vac pump and to the gas bottle. the sheet of rubber is to make a seal between the bottom of the microwave and the pyrex dish which would be placed over both pipes. close the microwave door. turn on the vac pump to remove the normal air. close a valve between the micro and the pump and turn off the pump. turn on the gas to replace some of the air, not all, you still want a partial vacuum. run the mircowave on full power and watch the plasma dance around under the dish. this is a dangerous project if you dont know what your doing but the process is simple and inexpensive.
Edited once by Sandwichlizard. Last: 15th Jan 2015 -
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i was thinking the same kind of thing. and, kinda funny, microwaving grapes makes plasma
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grape plasma. because there arent enough things that dont make any f****** sense in this world.
