In reply to Axil Axil's message of Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:52:52 -0400: Hi, [snip] > The coulomb barrier is symmetric. It take as much energy to leave a >nucleus as it take to get in.
This is clearly not true. If it were then hot fusion wouldn't work, and there would be no Sun. It takes less energy to get in than it takes to get out. The difference between the two is the net energy of the reaction. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
