In reply to mix...@bigpond.com's message of Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:14:28 +1100: Hi, [snip] >C13 might make an interesting replacement for the Lithium, as might Si29, if it >works at all. If so, then it is far more abundant than any of the others[1], >and >like Li should allow clean reactions:- > >29Si+58Ni => 59Ni + 28Si + 0.526 MeV >29Si+59Ni => 60Ni + 28Si + 2.914 MeV > >This series stops at 60Ni.
I should also add:- 29Si+61Ni => 62Ni + 28Si + 2.123 MeV for the small of amount of 61Ni that is present in natural Nickel. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
