On Dec 7, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:

At 06:53 PM 12/7/2009, Horace Heffner wrote:
Similarly, the neutron reaction with 12C creates 13C*:

   n + 12C --> 13C*

which then fissions:

   13C* --> 3 4He

if the 13C* has enough energy.

Isn't that 13C* -> 3 4He + n?

Yes, that's right.  I forgot the neutron.

Best regards,

Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/




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