In reply to Axil Axil's message of Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:33:14 -0400: Hi, [snip] >10% of Rossi's ash was iron(atomic number = 26). How can you get this much >iron from nickel(atomic number = 28)?
See below? > >Answer: Alpha decay of nickel (Atomic number = 2) > >2 + 26 = 28.... nickel - helium = iron. > >Cheers: Axil > >On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:55 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> 1H+1H+60Ni => 4He + 4He + 54Fe + 1.417 MeV >> 1H+1H+61Ni => 4He + 4He + 55Fe + 2.895 MeV >> 1H+1H+62Ni => 4He + 4He + 56Fe + 3.495 MeV >> 1H+1H+64Ni => 4He + 4He + 58Fe + 4.690 MeV Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
