Microlightning may have helped create the building blocks necessary for early life on Earth study shows- this microlightning can excite, dissociate, or ionize the surrounding ground-state molecules, causing chemical reactions to occur in the gas surrounding water microdroplets
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Spraying of water microdroplets forms luminescence and causes chemical reactions in surrounding gas
Spraying water microdroplets causes an electrical discharge between oppositely charged droplets that enables chemical reactions.
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‘Microlightning’ in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth: « The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have helped create the building blocks necessary for early life on the planet. »
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‘Microlightning’ in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth
A Stanford study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have helped create the building blocks necessary for…
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