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Denton
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It never occurred to me until now why instead of using two charged protons to fuse together, rather fuse neutrons to a hydrogen nucleus.
Yes, it seems like cheating the system and therefore that's why I've not heard about this before, but what is the exact mechanism that prevents this from occurring? Neutrons share the strong nuclear force just as much as the protons, and considering there's at least one proton, shouldn't it be possible to fuse 1-2 neutrons to it?
Yes, it seems like cheating the system and therefore that's why I've not heard about this before, but what is the exact mechanism that prevents this from occurring? Neutrons share the strong nuclear force just as much as the protons, and considering there's at least one proton, shouldn't it be possible to fuse 1-2 neutrons to it?