Glow discharge

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A glow discharge is a plasma formed by the passage of electric current through a gas. It is often created by applying a voltage between two electrodes in a glass tube containing a low-pressure gas.

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Image: Georg-Johann Lay with a slight edit by Richard Bartz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.