Message no. 1

From:	L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Star Wars tech
Date:	Sun, 6 Apr 1997 21:34:38 EDT

On Sun, 6 Apr 1997 00:28:29 -0600 "Q (not from Star Trek)"
<Scott.E.Meyer@*******.EDU> writes:
>On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, L Canthros wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:56:47 +0100 Spike
><u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
>> writes:
>> >|>What, alpha particles? *grin*
>> >|
>> >|Alpha particle?
>> >
>> >High velocity heluim nuclei...
>> >They fly off fissile material...
>> >(Like uranium and plutonium and so on....)
>> >
>> Ahhh....(why not just say protons?)
>
>No, single protons would be _hydrogen_ nuclei. Alpha particles are
>made up of
>two protons and two neutrons, which is a _helium_ nucleus.
>
>(putting my limited chemistry experience to use)
>
D'oh! Didn't read closely enough. Makes much more sense now. Thanks.

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