In reply to David Roberson's message of Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:20:35 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] >Robin, > > >Why is the energy required to break apart the D 2.2 MeV? Ed calculated 1.7 >MeV by calculating the mass difference which seemed correct. I would assume >that there is no charge change taking place which involves an electron since >the same number of protons are present in both the initial and final products. > Could you explain your reasoning?
Please see my earlier post, where Ed's calculation is corrected. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
