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Deuterium Deuterium fusion neutron production?
Does this fusion make neutrons?
Everybody says it does, yet I think it doesn't.
Deuterium has 1 proton and 1 neutron. When it fuses it will produce 4-He with 2 neutrons, correct?
Where is neutron there ??? Nothing is ejected!
The newly formed isotope 4-He is perfectly stable.
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No.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion
It gives
3He and a neutron or
3H and a proton
each of those reactions happens about half the time.
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Read that a month ago, but still can't understand.
I think that nuclear fusion only forms new element from two elements and not any other particles and radiations. Simple as that. Which element depends
on the starting elements, and which isotope depends on the starting isotopes. All I do is calculate number of protons and neutrons to know which
element is formed from fusion.
And only after that I look if that isotope of element decays via some radiation and particles (like neutrons).
Correct me if I'm wrong.
For example, I understand how fusion of Tritium and Deuterium forms neutron. Here's how:
2-H (1p+1n) + 3-H (1p+2n) => 5-He (2p+3n)
Now I look at Wikipedia to see if 5-He is stable, and I see that it isn't. 5-He releases neutron (immediately) and 4-He (stable isotope) is left behind.
So I understand how D-T fusion releases neutron, but don't understand nor believe how D-D fusion releases neutron!
Is there any evidence and explanation about why does D-D fusion releases neutron?
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Quote: Originally posted by Precious  |
I think that nuclear fusion only forms new element from two elements and not any other particles and radiations. Simple as that.
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Which is wrong. End of story.
Department of Redundancy Department - Now with paperwork!
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fusion requires lots of energy to even begin some of that energy remains with the newly form isotope which release that excess by ejecting a particle
or a gamma ray.
Nuclear physics isnt like chemistry in the sense that multiple reactions are possible but some more marginal than others.
He4 is a very stable isotope and in a plasma (which is the state of matter involve at these temperature) the nucleus release are still carying a great
deal of energy after reaction, too much to condense in a stable isotope that would kill the reaction process instantly.
In a D-D reaction, the extra weackly bonded neutron (or proton) just takes some of that energy away most of the time. He4 can indeed form but in
extremely rare instances.
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Well, there's plenty of evidence that it does- even amateurs* can get it to work
http://www.fusor.net/
So your assertion that it doesn't is plainly wrong.
*Just in case anyone is wondering, "Amateur" is not a bad thing, it just means they don't get paid to do this.
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| Quote: Originally posted by neptunium | fusion requires lots of energy to even begin some of that energy remains with the newly form isotope which release that excess by ejecting a particle
or a gamma ray.
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He4 can indeed form but in extremely rare instances. |
If you look at a table of fusion reactions, none of them produce single products in the most common result.
It is the conservation of momentum that makes multiple product fusion reactions the rule, and single product reactions very rare.
The problem is that there must be exactly the same momentum in the reaction products as in the original reactants. Unlike energy (also conserved, but
can be converted to different forms) the reaction can't just dump out excess energy as a photon or two. The only way to dispose of excess momentum is
to emit another massive particle.
So when two deuterium nuclei collide, to form a single helium nucleus their momenta must exactly cancel - i.e. it must be a direct head-on collision.
This hardly ever happens.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Precious | | I think that nuclear fusion only forms new element from two elements and not any other particles and radiations. Simple as that.
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It would be correct to say that nuclear fusion reactions never forms only one new element and not any other particles and radiations.
Conservation of momentum requires that there be at least two nucleon products in any fusion reaction, except for very rare exact head-on collisions
(and in that case there will be a whopping big gamma ray to dump the energy).
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| Quote: Originally posted by careysub | | Quote: Originally posted by neptunium | fusion requires lots of energy to even begin some of that energy remains with the newly form isotope which release that excess by ejecting a particle
or a gamma ray.
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He4 can indeed form but in extremely rare instances. |
If you look at a table of fusion reactions, none of them produce single products in the most common result.
It is the conservation of momentum that makes multiple product fusion reactions the rule, and single product reactions very rare.
The problem is that there must be exactly the same momentum in the reaction products as in the original reactants. Unlike energy (also conserved, but
can be converted to different forms) the reaction can't just dump out excess energy as a photon or two. The only way to dispose of excess momentum is
to emit another massive particle.
So when two deuterium nuclei collide, to form a single helium nucleus their momenta must exactly cancel - i.e. it must be a direct head-on collision.
This hardly ever happens. |
which is exactly what i was trying to explain... but Creysub has a beter way of saying it ... spot on..
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