Robin,
Agree it is not possible with hydrogen, but dense hydrogen is a
different story.
Dense hydrogen includes the "virtual neutron" conceptions ...
One reference is Daddi, Lino, "Virtual Neutrons In Orbital Capture And
In Neutron Synthesis"
Another is Daddi, Lino, "Hydrogen Miniatoms" Both show up in Widom/Larsen
On 2/19/2017 11:47 AM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sun, 19 Feb 2017 08:29:23 -0800:
Hi,
[snip]
Would the
route for gain then first involve using dense hydrogen to convert Ni-62
to Ni-63 using dense hydrogen in situ?
This reaction is not energetically possible. The only possible light hydrogen
reactions are:-
62Ni+1H => 63Cu + 6.122 MeV
62Ni+1H => 59Co + 4He + 0.346 MeV
However it is possible with D:-
2H+62Ni => 63Cu + n + 3.898 MeV
2H+62Ni => 64Cu + 11.814 MeV
2H+62Ni => 63Ni + 1H + 4.613 MeV
2H+62Ni => 60Co + 4He + 5.614 MeV
..so the small amount of D naturally present in H could form some Ni63.
Furthermore, the energy release from the intial fusion reaction would dwarf that
from the decay of Ni63 anyway.
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
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