Standard theory has mass as a defining property of matter. This property relates to both inertia and gravity. So, if mass of an object increases, its weight should increase in exact proportion to its inertia. Otherwise, this theory is wrong.
From this alone, it should be of great interest to test whether an increase in inertia corresponds to an equal increase in weight.
However, this has never been tested. Because the inertia of objects can only be changed by adding a lot of energy to them. So much, in fact, that it's rarely ever done.
Quick reminder related to gravity and weight
Before we continue, the reader should keep in mind the difference in how we measure gravity and inertia.
Gravity is measured using a spring scale or some similar device. The result of these measurements are referred to as weight.
Inertia, on the other hand, is measured through acceleration. The harder it is to accelerate something, the greater is its inertia.
So, with this in mind, we can proceed with our analysis.
Alternative theory
In my alternative theory, the defining property of matter is its subatomic particles, which are charged, either positive or negative. Mass, on the other hand, is but an abstraction that relates to both gravity and inertia.
Gravity depends only on the total number of charged particles, while inertia depends only on the overall surface area of these same particles.
So, inertia and gravity is connected only because they both relate to the total number of particles.
However, a change in inertia through added energy will not affect the number of charges inside an object. Because more energy equates to more inertia, but not more charge.
So, contrary to conventional theory, my alternative theory predicts that weight will remain unaffected by changes to inertia.
How to test the theories
The difference between the two above theories is minuscule in regular everyday situations. Because we never deal with extremely energized objects.
But in accelerators, such as the one in CERN, particles are routinely given so much energy that their inertia increase.
This has been tested and verified many times.
However, I don't think anyone has checked to see if the weight of accelerated particles increase in proportion to their increase in their inertia. Because, inside an accelerator, any increase in gravity is far less of a problem than changes to inertia.
Focus on inertia rather than weight
The engineers operating accelerators focus on inertia because those changes affect the flight path of their particles.
But the adjustments the engineers make in order to keep changes to inertia under control take care of any changes in weight as well, whether these changes take place or not.
So, there has never been any need to check for changes to the weight of particles inside accelerators.
But I've never worked with accelerators, so I don't know for sure if my suspicions are true. I would therefore appreciate any feedback regarding this from my readers.
However, articles on the subject tend to admit that a direct link between inertia and gravity is hypothetical and not proven. So, my suspicion is more than a mere hunch.
Conclusion
If I'm right, and no-one ever checked to see if changes in inertia equates to proportional changes to weight, it's high time someone goes ahead and does it. Because the results of such a test would be of great theoretical importance.
However, if the test has already been made, I would very much like to get some links to relevant sources. Again because the results of such a test has great importance, and should therefore be more widely known.
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