Removing the coil disables the Papp reaction.
Cheers: Axil On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > >
