In reply to Axil Axil's message of Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:05:03 -0400: Hi, [snip] >This causes aneutronic >fusion of three helium atoms into Boron11 and a proton.
This reaction doesn't happen. It's endothermic to the tune of about 8 MeV. In fact the reverse reaction (p+B11 -> 3 * He4) is the dream of hot fusion scientists. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html