In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:41:16 -0700: Hi Jones,
I did see, but it's not relevant. It applies to Ni63 in the ground state, which undergoes a slow beta decay. However when a neutron is added to Ni62, you get Ni63 in a highly excited state (6.84 MeV), which must divest itself of that energy somehow. >Hi Robin, > >> A real neutron also leaves too much energy to account for: n + 62Ni => >63Ni + 6.84 MeV > >You must not have seen the reference I sent earlier - 63Ni has a beta decay >energy which is tiny - only 17.4 keV on average with no gamma. See it near >the end of this table (12th from the bottom): > >http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~blanchar/purebeta.htm > > > > > Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
