In reply to Kevin O'Malley's message of Mon, 5 Jun 2017 02:01:26 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Yes it can. When 2 d's fuse and emit a gamma ray, that energy is absorbed >by the lattice. Such energy absorption sometimes generates fission >products. I do not know the nuclear equation, but it would be gamma + Ni >---> decay products + heat
If the energy of the original reaction is distributed to the lattice, then there are no gammas. If there are gammas, then you can't count on all of them being absorbed by nuclei. Ordinary radioactive isotopes prove that. In short, if there were gammas they would be detectable externally with ordinary detectors. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
