Does thunder accompany acid rain?

Question

I was writing a song about acid rain and I want to put a sample in it, so I was wondering if thunder would be a good one

Answer 1

Homer (above) clearly has more intelligence than his Simpson's namesake.

The acidity of rain is determined by the presence of pollutants in the atmosphere (sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides etc). These cause a multiple stage chemical reaction which produce different acids, these then fall along with the water droplets as acid rain.

If conditions are right for the formation of thunder (an imbalance between the negative and positive charges within the cloud formations) then this can accompany rain, the surrounding aior may or may not be polluted and the rain may or may not fall as acid rain.

In short, thunder is as likely to occur along with acid rain as it is with normal rain.

Answer 2

Thunder and acid rain aren't necessarily linked. Thunder usually goes with rain. Acid raid occurs as a result of the "gasses" that the rain falls through.

Answer 3

It depends, Thunder can accompany acid rain if the air that the rain is falling though is gaseous and dirty enough to intoxicate the water.

Answer 4

Sometimes depending on the weather conditions.