One suggestion is that most of the excess was "borrowed" in advance, in the QM sense, to convert a proton into a virtual neutron.
Jones ----- Original Message ---- > From: Edmund Storms > Has anyone considered that if C12 were converted to C13, the 4.9 MeV > of energy released would break any chemical bond the C12 had within > the compound as well as many other chemical bonds in the vicinity? > Such a transformation should result in a large amount of pure carbon. > Consequently, the chemical structure would be clearly altered by as > much transformation that is claimed. > > Ed
