To: OneWingedShark
Would the enclosing carbon-bonds work to “hold the Tin together” for more than the 40 seconds, or would the Tin despise being bound and decay anyway?
A carbon-carbon bond has an energy of a few eV and the energy released in a nuclear decay is million times larger, so do not expect any change.
9 posted on
08/07/2010 1:37:37 AM PDT by
AdmSmith
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To: AdmSmith
>>Would the enclosing carbon-bonds work to “hold the Tin together” for more than the 40 seconds, or would the Tin despise being bound and decay anyway?
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>A carbon-carbon bond has an energy of a few eV and the energy released in a nuclear decay is million times larger, so do not expect any change.
Ah, excellent response; quite accessible.
10 posted on
08/07/2010 6:31:24 AM PDT by
OneWingedShark
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