In reply to Axil Axil's message of Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:43:26 -0500: Hi, [snip] >By the way, fusion of protons with transuranic elements is very unlikely. >But if somehow a proton(s) got inside a super heavy nucleus, fission of the >new transmuted element would almost certainly happen instantaneously. > > >Such a fission reaction would be 20 time more energetic per incident >(~200MeV) compared to the formation of copper from nickel (~10 MeV).
If 2 or more protons are involved, it might also usually be a clean reaction that produces few if any radioisotopes. This is because the protons tend to compensate for the fact that heavy elements are neutron rich. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
