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Charge Neutrality
The approximate equality of positive and negative particles in
high-density plasmas.
This phenomenon, which is sometimes called electrical
neutrality, is a result of the extremely large electric space charge fields
that would arise if the densities were not equal. Although the positive and
negative charge densities are seldom exactly equal, their percentage
difference is so small as to be negligible. It is not difficult to maintain
this condition in an active plasma since ionization
or recombination
always produces or destroys an ion pair together.
References
This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use
