In reply to Eric Walker's message of Sun, 6 Sep 2015 22:41:27 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Sorry, I left out some details there. I was thinking of your post sometime >back where you mentioned the possibility that the Lugano isotope shifts >could be explained by neutron stripping of 7Li, where the neutron hopped >over to the nickel. That would explain why the increase in nickel isotopes >stopped at 62Ni instead of going further, as 7Li+62Ni was the last >exothermic neutron stripping reaction, in contrast to ones with d, which >are exothermic beyond 62Ni. > >I was wondering what would happen when an ejected 6Li from a neutron >stripping reaction with nickel went on to collide with a 7Li (or even 6Li).
Obviously on rare occasions you would get a further fusion/fission reaction, however these would be very rare (I think < 1/10000 fast Li6; maybe <<). I suspect the most likely reactions would be 6Li + 6Li => 3 4He and 6Li + 7Li => 3 4He + n Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
