About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: Piezoelectricity, Photoelectric effect, Lightning, Aurora, Ferroelectricity, Electroluminescence, Triboelectric effect, Photoconductivity, Pyroelectricity, Whistler, X-ray generation, Earthquake precursor, St. Elmo's fire, Charge separation, Classical and quantum conductivity, X-rays from lightning, Fair weather, Natural electric field of the Earth, Auroral X-rays, Electrostatic suspension, Dielectric barrier discharge, Upper-atmospheric lightning, Sprite, Bell Island, Multipactor effect, Radiative dynamo, Contact electrification, Electrosphere, Mains hum, Electret, Variable range hopping, Piezoresistive effect, Charge polarization, Relativistic runaway electron avalanche, Deborah Chung's "apparent negative resistance," Heat lightning, Hiss, Polarization voltage, Photon induced electric field poling, Sauerbrey equation, Ferroelectret, Auroral chorus, Electric discharge, Aeronomy, Dirty thunderstorm, Transient luminous event, Dawn chorus, Dember effect, Radio atmospheric, Antiferroelectricity, Einstein-Hopf Drag, Electroluminescent display, Ferranti effect, Human body model, Stoletov's law, Burns temperature, Zero positive zero, Narrow bipolar pulse, Electromechanical coupling coefficient, Raether limit, Piezoelectric coefficient, Multiplication factor, Photoelectric efficiency, Adiabatic conductivity. Excerpt: Lightning is an atmospheric electrostatic discharge (spark) accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. From this discharge of atmospheric electricity, a leader of a bolt of lightning can travel at speeds of 220,000 km/h (140,000 mph), and can reach temperatures approaching, hot enough to fuse silica sand into glass channels known as fulgurites which are normally hollow and can extend some distance into the ground. There are some...
