The Intracluster Medium (ICM) refers to the hot, diffuse gas that exists between the galaxies in a galaxy cluster. This medium is primarily composed of ionized hydrogen and helium, along with trace amounts of heavier elements. The ICM has an average temperature ranging from a few million to tens of millions of degrees Celsius and is generally at a very low density, but it contains a significant amount of the total mass of the cluster.
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