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From quantum rules, electrons don’t like to
be packed into a small
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space, either in atoms or in ionized gas
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At normal ionized gas densities, electrons are so spread out
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quantum rules don’t matter.
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As high enough ionized gas densities, quantum rules need to be
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considered, just has they have been in atoms
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Think of each “atom sized” region of space having a set of energy
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levels associated with it (although
it is really more complicated)
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