In reply to Eric Walker's message of Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:56:31 -0800: Hi, [snip] > > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Nov 24, 2012, at 13:33, [email protected] wrote: > >> As mentioned previously, the fast D nuclei will lose most of their energy to >> valence Pd electrons, this analogy doesn't work very well. It would be more >> like >> a pinball machine that was coated with glue. The ball doesn't get very far. > >If Ron's mechanism works with Kshell vacancies, could it also work with >valence electron vacancies?
Possibly, but it wouldn't do you any good. The only possible use for a D nucleus with a kinetic energy of a few eV is in spreading heat around. >I think this would mean there would be an elastic collision instead of photon >emission. In that case, would there necessarily be a loss of momentum for the >lower energy incident D nucleus? Pointless line of thought, and no it wouldn't be elastic. (The ball in the pinball machine heats up the glue). ;) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
