In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:49:58 -0700: Hi Jones, [snip]
See http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1953PhRv...90..865W. The reaction is highly exothermic:- 1H+3H => 4He + 19.814 MeV + gamma It probably has a low cross section for hot fusion because the energy is disposed of via gamma emission, analogous to the D+D=> 4He + gamma reaction. Nevertheless, as we have seen, the D+D=> 4He reaction appears* to have a much larger cross section for cold fusion, than it does for hot fusion, so perhaps the p + T => 4He reaction does too. IOW CF may provide a fast alternative to gamma emission, for disposing of the energy, which could dramatically increase the cross section. * - "appears", because it's not yet certain IMO that D+D fusion is actually happening in CF. >-----Original Message----- >From: mix...@bigpond.com > >In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:20:32 -0700: >Hi, > >>First off, tritium hydride - even if proton tunneling were to occur, is >>unlikely to fuse into helium at all unless it was part of a coincidental >>beta decay. However, tritium deuteride would be a much better candidate to >>fuse, if that is what is meant in the original poser. > >Actually, the original poster was correct. T has 1 proton and 2 neutrons, so >an added proton => 4He. This is a strong force reaction, and no beta decay >is needed. > > >Hi Robin, > >Despite it looking feasible on paper, pT can only result in 3He + n as the >ash - and that one cannot happen via proton tunneling. > >The pT -> 4He reaction cannot happen AFAIK. That should be obvious since it >is never listed on any table as a feasible reaction. > >The pT -> 3He + n reaction has been seen at high energy, but is endothermic >IIRC- so it would not happen via QM tunneling. > >Jones > > > Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
