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==8. ATOMIC COHESION==   

==8. ATOMIC COHESION==   

42:8.1 While gravity is one of several factors concerned in holding together a tiny atomic energy system, there is also present in and among these basic physical units a powerful and unknown energy, the secret of their basic constitution and ultimate behavior, a force which remains to be discovered on Urantia. This universal influence permeates all the space embraced within this tiny energy organization.

42:8.1 While [[gravity]] is one of several [[factors]] concerned in holding [[together]] a tiny [[atomic]] [[energy]] [[system]], there is also present in and among these basic [[physical]] [[units]] a [[powerful]] and [[unknown]] [[energy]], the [[secret]] of their basic [[constitution]] and [[ultimate]] [[behavior]], a [[force]] which remains to be [[discovered]] on [[Urantia]]. This [[universal]] [[influence]] permeates all the [[space]] [[embraced]] within this tiny [[energy]] [[organization]].

42:8.2 The interelectronic space of an atom is not empty. Throughout an atom this interelectronic space is activated by wavelike manifestations which are perfectly synchronized with electronic velocity and ultimatonic revolutions. This force is not wholly dominated by your recognized laws of positive and negative attraction; its behavior is therefore sometimes unpredictable. This unnamed influence seems to be a space-force reaction of the Unqualified Absolute.

42:8.2 The interelectronic [[space]] of an [[atom]] is not empty. Throughout an [[atom]] this interelectronic [[space]] is [[activated]] by [[wavelike]] [[manifestations]] which are perfectly [[synchronized]] with [[electronic]] [[velocity]] and [[ultimatonic]] [[revolutions]]. This [[force]] is not wholly [[dominated]] by your [[recognized]] [[laws]] of positive and negative [[attraction]]; its [[behavior]] is therefore sometimes [[Random|unpredictable]]. This unnamed [[influence]] seems to be a [[space]]-[[force]] [[reaction]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]].

42:8.3 The charged protons and the uncharged neutrons of the nucleus of the atom are held together by the reciprocating function of the mesotron, a particle of matter 180 times as heavy as the electron. Without this arrangement the electric charge carried by the protons would be disruptive of the atomic nucleus.

42:8.3 The charged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protons protons] and the uncharged [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrons neutrons] of the [[nucleus]] of the [[atom]] are held [[together]] by the [[reciprocating]] [[function]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesotron mesotron], a [[particle]] of [[matter]] 180 times as heavy as the [[electron]]. Without this arrangement the [[electric]] [[charge]] carried by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton protons] would be disruptive of the [[atomic]] [[nucleus]].

42:8.4 As atoms are constituted, neither electric nor gravitational forces could hold the nucleus together. The integrity of the nucleus is maintained by the reciprocal cohering function of the mesotron, which is able to hold charged and uncharged particles together because of superior force-mass power and by the further function of causing protons and neutrons constantly to change places. The mesotron causes the electric charge of the nuclear particles to be incessantly tossed back and forth between protons and neutrons. At one infinitesimal part of a second a given nuclear particle is a charged proton and the next an uncharged neutron. And these alternations of energy status are so unbelievably rapid that the electric charge is deprived of all opportunity to function as a disruptive influence. Thus does the mesotron function as an " energy-carrier " particle which mightily contributes to the nuclear stability of the atom.

42:8.4 As [[atoms]] are [[constituted]], neither [[electric]] nor [[gravitational]] [[forces]] could hold the [[nucleus]] [[together]]. The [[integrity]] of the [[nucleus]] is [[maintained]] by the [[reciprocal]] cohering [[function]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ mesotron], which is able to hold [[charged]] and uncharged [[particles]] [[together]] because of superior [[force]]-[[mass]] [[power]] and by the further [[function]] of causing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton protons] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron neutrons] constantly to [[change]] places. The mesotron causes the [[electric]] [[charge]] of the [[nuclear]] [[particles]] to be incessantly tossed back and forth between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton protons] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron neutrons]. At one infinitesimal part of a second a given [[nuclear]] [[particle]] is a [[charged]] proton and the next an uncharged neutron. And these alternations of [[energy]] [[status]] are so unbelievably [[Speed|rapid]] that the [[electric]] [[charge]] is deprived of all [[opportunity]] to [[function]] as a disruptive [[influence]]. Thus does the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesotron mesotron] [[function]] as an "energy-carrier" [[particle]] which mightily [[contributes]] to the nuclear [[stability]] of the [[atom]].

42:8.5 The presence and function of the mesotron also explains another atomic riddle. When atoms perform radioactively, they emit far more energy than would be expected. This excess of radiation is derived from the breaking up of the mesotron " energy carrier, " which thereby becomes a mere electron. The mesotronic disintegration is also accompanied by the emission of certain small uncharged particles.

42:8.5 The [[presence]] and [[function]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesotron mesotron] also [[explains]] another atomic [[riddle]]. When [[atoms]] [[perform]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactivity radioactively], they emit far more [[energy]] than would be [[expected]]. This excess of [[radiation]] is derived from the breaking up of the mesotron "energy carrier," which thereby becomes a mere [[electron]]. The mesotronic disintegration is also accompanied by the emission of certain small uncharged [[particles]].

42:8.6 The mesotron explains certain cohesive properties of the atomic nucleus, but it does not account for the cohesion of proton to proton nor for the adhesion of neutron to neutron. The paradoxical and powerful force of atomic cohesive integrity is a form of energy as yet undiscovered on Urantia.

42:8.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesotron mesotron] [[explains]] certain cohesive [[properties]] of the [[atomic]] [[nucleus]], but it does not account for the cohesion of proton to proton nor for the adhesion of neutron to neutron. The [[paradoxical]] and [[powerful]] [[force]] of atomic cohesive [[integrity]] is a [[form]] of [[energy]] as yet [[undiscovered]] on [[Urantia]].

42:8.7 These mesotrons are found abundantly in the space rays which so incessantly impinge upon your planet.

42:8.7 These [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesotron mesotrons] are found [[abundantly]] in the [[space]] [[rays]] which so incessantly impinge upon your [[planet]].

==9. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY==   

==9. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY==