In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sun, 28 Jul 2013 07:25:39 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Proton capture is net endothermic >with nickel and leads to significant radioactivity.
1H+58Ni => 59Cu + 3.419 MeV 1H+60Ni => 61Cu + 4.801 MeV 1H+61Ni => 62Cu + 5.866 MeV 1H+61Ni => 58Co + 4He + 0.489 MeV 1H+62Ni => 63Cu + 6.122 MeV 1H+62Ni => 59Co + 4He + 0.346 MeV 1H+64Ni => 65Cu + 7.453 MeV 1H+64Ni => 61Co + 4He + 0.663 MeV All these reactions are exothermic. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
