Take note: The neutron is about 0.2% more massive than a proton, which translates to an energy difference of 1.29 MeV.
When a heavy particle becomes a lighter one, the mass difference (.2%) is converted to energy via E=MC^2. You have your signs confused. On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com> wrote: > That doesn't make sense. The total energy is negative, it's endodermic, so > this is not an explanation for cold fusion. > > > 2014-03-28 20:36 GMT-03:00 Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com>: > > The decay of the neutron is associated with a quark > transformation<http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/particles/qrkdec.html#c1>in > which a down quark is converted to an up by the weak interaction . The >> average lifetime of 10.3 min/0.693 = 14.9 minutes is surprisingly long for >> a particle decay that yields 1.29 MeV of energy. You could say that this >> decay is steeply "downhill" in energy and would be expected to proceed >> rapidly >> >> >> Daniel Rocha - RJ > danieldi...@gmail.com >
