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Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) combines Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism with fluid dynamics to describe the large-scale behavior of conducting fluids such as plasmas. These slides introduce the equations of MHD and describe how each term in the equations represents a different physical effect.