In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:20:32 -0700: Hi, [snip] >First off, tritium hydride - even if proton tunneling were to occur, is >unlikely to fuse into helium at all unless it was part of a coincidental >beta decay. However, tritium deuteride would be a much better candidate to >fuse, if that is what is meant in the original poser. > Actually, the original poster was correct. T has 1 proton and 2 neutrons, so an added proton => 4He. This is a strong force reaction, and no beta decay is needed.
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