IGNITION

'Ignition' occurs when the heat produced by a reaction becomes sufficient to sustain a chemical reaction. The sudden change from a cold gas to a hot plasma in a plasma source is also called ignition.
Other uses of ignition include:

★ in chemistry, it refers to heating a material to the point that it spontaneously combusts, or until it ceases to lose mass.

★ in nuclear fusion, it refers to the conditions under which a plasma can be maintained by fusion reactions without external energy input.

★ in semiconductor processing, ignition is the process of starting up a plasma generator. In DC plasma systems, this involves a transition from voltaic arcing to sustained and delocalized plasma generation.

★ an ignition system is a method for activating and controlling the combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine, often through the use of a key
'Ignition' may also refer to:

★ Ignition (song), a hip hop song by artist R. Kelly

★ Ignition (Trivium song), a song by American metal band Trivium

★ Ignition (album), an album by the punk rock band The Offspring

★ Ignition (computer game), a top-down racing game for PC published in 1997

★ Ignition (event), a Burning Man regional event held in Montreal, Quebec

★ Ignition (film), a 2001 film

★ Ignition Entertainment, a computer video games company founded in 2002

★ Ignition (computer game cup), a quakeworld cup for rookies