The dispersion relations for condensation modes in weakly ionized two-fluid hydrogen plasmas in ionization equilibrium with magnetic fields are derived. The excitement of unstable modes is determined by different instability criteria and the modes evolve on different time scales for the neutral gas and the ionized fluid component, respectively. Equilibrium magnetic fields do not necessarily hinder the condensation of the ionized component.

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