In reply to Axil Axil's message of Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:15:24 -0400: Hi, [snip] >The penetration of the coulomb barrier by a neutron from the outside as per >W&L does not guaranty a LENR reaction. > >Many neutrons may need to be added to get some nuclear event to occur. > >For example, Nickel-58 is the most abundant isotope of nickel, making up >68.077% of the natural abundance. Ni58 may require many neutrons to be >added to that nucleus before it becomes unstable.
By "unstable" you appear to be referring to beta decay/alpha decay. However neither of these are necessary for the nucleus to release energy. e.g. 58Ni + n => 59Ni + 9 MeV. This results in a 59Ni nucleus in an excited state, and it soon loses the 9 MeV of energy in the form of gamma radiation as it decays to the ground state. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
