does that mean the piston does not move?
Harry
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote:
> Removing the coil disables the Papp reaction.
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> Cheers: Axil
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> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> sorry if this has already been discussed, but does the papp engine
>> heat up if the coil is removed?
>>
>> Harry
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > In reply to Axil Axil's message of Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:34:44 -0400:
>> > Hi,
>> > [snip]
>> >>(*C12* is C12 in an excited state - it has an additional 15.96 MeV that
>> >> it*
>> >>* *
>> >>
>> >>*desperately wants to get rid of)*
>> >>
>> >>This is only true when the coulomb barrier is up at full strength. But
>> >> when
>> >>the coulomb barrier is completely down, protons behave like neutrons.
>> >> They
>> >>can exit the nucleus with no energy penalty.
>> >>
>> >>I explain this in the thread “the bumpy road.”
>> >
>> > If there were no energy penalty to protons (or neutrons) leaving the
>> > nucleus,
>> > then the nucleus would fall apart. This doesn't happen.
>> >
>> > BTW the Coulomb barrier is partially a misnomer. It's a Coulomb barrier
>> > for
>> > positively charged particles trying to enter the nucleus, but actually a
>> > nuclear
>> > binding force barrier for particles trying to leave the nucleus.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Robin van Spaandonk
>> >
>> > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
>> >
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