On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote:
It is well known that the hydrides of group 14 elements produce Rydberg > matter because of their covalent bond structure(4 bonds). These element > includes include silicon and carbon. > Another interesting tidbit -- both silicon and carbon have trace amounts of beta emitters: e- + 32Si => 2*e- + 2*neutrino + 32S + 1938 keV e- + 32Si => e- + neutrino + 32P + 227 keV e- + 14C => e- + neutrino + 14N + 156 keV A covalent bond could change the amount of time that the orbital electrons spend in the nuclear volume, potentially altering the beta decay rate. Because there are only trace amounts of these isotopes, I am pessimistic much heat could be derived from them. Eric
