Charge-Dipole Acceleration of Polar Gas Molecules towards Charged Nanoparticles: Involvement in Powerful Charge-Induced Catalysis of Heterophase Chemical Reactions and Ball Lightning Phenomenon

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Similarly, in humid air, negatively charged aluminium nanoparticles can repeatedly be electrohydrated by surrounding molecules of water vapour, and so they can be spontaneously transformed into the aluminium/air core-shell nanobatteries, which are periodically short-circuited by the intraparticle electron emission breakdowns.