sorry if this has already been discussed, but does the papp engine heat up if the coil is removed?
Harry On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Axil Axil's message of Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:34:44 -0400: > Hi, > [snip] >>(*C12* is C12 in an excited state - it has an additional 15.96 MeV that it* >>* * >> >>*desperately wants to get rid of)* >> >>This is only true when the coulomb barrier is up at full strength. But when >>the coulomb barrier is completely down, protons behave like neutrons. They >>can exit the nucleus with no energy penalty. >> >>I explain this in the thread “the bumpy road.” > > If there were no energy penalty to protons (or neutrons) leaving the nucleus, > then the nucleus would fall apart. This doesn't happen. > > BTW the Coulomb barrier is partially a misnomer. It's a Coulomb barrier for > positively charged particles trying to enter the nucleus, but actually a > nuclear > binding force barrier for particles trying to leave the nucleus. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html >
