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Why are stars plasma?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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There is a bit of a misconception here ...

Plasma in itself is not a substance any more than "liquid" or "solid" or "gas" in itself is a specific substance. Plasma is a state of matter. Stars are hot glowing balls of gas in which intense pressure and heat (which results from the intense pressure) cause nuclear fussion. This causes them to glow. Many gases in the star are in the plasma phase, but they are not "made of plasma" so to speak. Stars are made mostly of hydrogen and helium, though white dwarves also contain carbon and stars even further in their life cycle contain iron.

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Stars are made entirely of plasma

If you mean you can find the form of matter plasma in a star... yes. Stars are essentially nature's plasma a hydrogen or helium plasma usually. If you're asking if the plasma component in our blood is in a star... I'm guessing probably not...
Yes - providing the star is not dead.

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Stars are plasma because they are so hot.

Plasma is hot gas in which some electrons have been removed from the atoms.

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Mostly they are huge swirling balls of gas.

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yes in fact stars are made of plasma

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Yes.

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