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Removing electrons from atoms leaves positively charged ions. These charged particles respond to electric and magnetic fields, and to electromagnetic waves. One application of plasmas is in nuclear fusion, where nuclei collide with enough kinetic energy to overcome Coulomb repulsion, resulting in the release of energy due to differences in the binding energy of nuclei.
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