Re: Helium fission?

In message <a799e655-31ba-45c8-b620-be5e9fb60612@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@xxxxxxxxxx> writes
To settle an argument. It is confidently asserted that if a helium
atom is split, energy is converted to mass (to put it poorly), just as
mass is converted to energy when hydrogen nuclei are fused to form
helium - well, you know what I mean.

I know what you mean but your facts are wrong. You don't get energy from helium fission, you get it from helium fusion. Atoms lighter than Iron 56 give out energy from fusion. Atoms heavier than Iron 56 deliver energy from fission.




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Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.

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