Yeah, I'm trying to find some proton and neutron numbers close to the magic numbers- hopefully this would be preferable for Pb. The Q-value will be positive, and display the energy ejected, but still about the required energy of the incident neutron...?
A lot of textbooks talk about a...
I know it has the magic shells, and its tightly bound. Buty, i have a question about how much energy a neutron would need to fission this Pb208 atom.
I cannot figure out how much, i am in need of a quantitative answer. Don't know how to get it- that's what i need some help on.
At first i...
Right, i figured that it would not be sustainable, but I cannot quantitatively show why, I am having difficulty understanding how much energy I would need to fission a single lead nucleus.
The neutron is without charge, so it should be able to just jump right into the nuclear well and create a...
Does anyone know why we don't fission Lead 208? I know it is considered with magic number and stable, but is it still capable of producing fission.
How much energy would an incident neutron need in order to produce fission, and could/why could Pb208 have a sustainable fission reaction?