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Interstellar medium

Component Temperature [K] Average hydrogen number density $n_H$ Fractional ionization $n_e/n_H$ Comment
Cold neutral medium (CNM) $80$ $4\times 10^7$ $10^{-3}$ HI clouds, 3-30 ly, 1-1000 solar mass
Warm neutral medium (WNM) $6000$ $4\times 10^5$ $0.1$ Intercloud medium
Warm ionized medium (WIM) $8000$ $3\times 10^5$ $0.7$ 30% of ISM mass
Hot ionized medium (HIM) $10^6$ $2\times 10^3$ $1.0$ Residence of the Sun
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