Explaining Lightning in Simple Fundamental Physics Language

Explaining Lightning in Simple Fundamental Physics Language (revised)

By: Miles Pelton, May 2014

               

It is the absorption of heat energy by water molecules (H2O) that is involved in the formation of clouds and the creation of lightning. Unique bonding gives H2O molecules an exceptional capacity to absorb heat energy and a unique ability to transfer heat energy between molecules. Therefore; clouds that are assembled H2O molecules have the ability to absorb unusually large quantities of heat energy in an environment with an unusual ability to transfer heat energy between molecules, which action is significantly influenced by variation in the quantity of heat involved (temperature). As a consequence storm clouds can hold a massif quantity of water.

Heat is an effect imposed upon protons. Protons have a singularity center that is a concentration of attraction energy. It is the singularity center that forms the lines of force that bond atoms and molecules where the intensity of the energy in the singularity center is set by the number of elementary particles in the atom or molecule assembly. Heat energy is the attraction component of fundamental energy that has been released when radiating photons impact matter. It is residue.

The energy fundamental to creation consists of three components that are bonded to form particles that are elementary to the creation of all things. The three elementary particle components are each a quanta, a unit or charge of energy of equal intensity but each with a unique behavior. One component attracts (a bonding force) other like attraction energy components. One component repels (a repelling force) other like repelling energy components (an electron charge). The third component creates an affinity (a mutual attraction force) between attraction and repelling energy charge components and is the energy that produces illumination and vision.

The attraction energy released from photons is attracted to the singularity (attraction energy) center of atoms and molecules because attraction energy attracts the residue attraction component. The singularity center expends energy to attract and hold the residue attraction energy, which leaves less energy intensity with which to bond. Weakened the atoms and molecules expand and if weakened sufficiently, they break releasing the energy employed in producing the bonding force resulting in a chain reaction. It is the residue attraction energy held by protons that produces the effect called temperature. Atom and molecule attraction energy singularity centers with little retained residue heat (cold), attracts residue from the hotter atoms and molecules until equilibrium is reached. The greater the difference in temperature the greater is the attraction potential.

Because of their unique inter-molecule bonding water molecules are capable of moving heat energy efficiently and in massif quantities. Further, once inter-molecule transfer of heat is started the inter-molecule bolds of the affected atoms and molecule are fragmented and they release the energy that had produced the bond that is in the form of photons. The released photons impact adjacent water molecules and they release the energy they carry, which is the three fundamental energy charges, and a chain reaction is initiated. As a consequence the massive transfer of the released fundamental energy is seen as a bolt of lightning. The attraction energy is drawn to a cooler place (a heat sink), the affinity energy from the photons released by the broken bonds is seen as light and the repelling component interacts at the sub-atomic level to modify the state of ionization of the remaining intact molecules. Electrical energy is not a significant part of lightning. (Sorry Ben).