At sufficiently high temperatures, the thermal speeds of gas molecules may be high enough that collisions may ionize a molecule (that is, remove an outer electron). An ionized gas in which each molecule has lost an electron is called a “plasma.” Determine approximately the temperature at which air becomes a plasma.

At sufficiently high temperatures, the thermal speeds of gas molecules may be high enough that collisions may ionize a molecule (that is, remove an outer electron). An ionized gas in which each molecule has lost an electron is called a “plasma.” Determine approximately the temperature at which air becomes a plasma.