In reply to David Roberson's message of Tue, 5 Jun 2012 11:24:41 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] >I took a table of nuclides and performed a Energy difference between the >different nickel isotopes, plus associated proton and electron, and the >daughter copper isotopes and compared the net released energy to the energy >required to overcome the coulomb barrier. The most significant energy release >which exceeds the barrier occurs when the Ni62 or
You don't need any energy to overcome the Coulomb barrier, if the proton is accompanied by an electron. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
