Question

Do flames contain plasma?

Answer 1

Answer:

Some flames do contain plasma and some flames do not. ... Every gas contains a few ions and freed electrons, and yet not every gas is a plasma. There must by some cutoff point where there are enough ions in the gas that it begins acting like a plasma. Most flames are not hot enough to become plasmas.

Answer 2

The bottom line is that a flame only becomes a plasma if it gets hot enough. Flames at lower temperatures do not contain enough ionization to become a plasma. On the other hand, a higher-temperature flame does indeed contain enough freed electrons and ions to act as a plasma.A candle flame is therefore not a plasma