On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Horace Heffner <[email protected]> wrote:> Similarly, the neutron reaction with 12C creates 13C*: > > n + 12C --> 13C* > > which then fissions: > > 13C* --> 3 4He > > if the 13C* has enough energy.
Ah! My mistake was assuming 13C resulted from the decay of 14C but obviously the percentages are off by many orders of magnitude. Thanks, Horace! Terry
