Confused about neutrons-help!!

[tina]

Does anybody know why, when 2 high energy neutrons are close to each other they don't fuse? I've been told that they don't, but I don't understand why not. They're not charged, so there is no repulsive force acting, and as far as I understand the only force acting is the strong force-which is attractive and so would surely cause them to fuse. Clearly I'm missing something, but I don't know what-please help! :confused:

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

© Mr. Robin Parsons Kingston Ontario Canada MMVI

Firstly, they have polarity, they are charged, but exceedingly slightly, they decompose in roughtly fifteen minutes when removed from the environment of the Proton, which would lead us all to the conclusion that they are not self sustaining, in NEED of the interaction with a Proton to remain Stable hence them fusing together wouldn't be something that would be expected as it is clear enough that singularily they are unstable, doubling (or more) them up shouldn't do anything to remove that instability.

It is also known that when they are placed in close approximation to each other, inside a Nuclear reactor, they emit heat, that energetic activity should drive them apart, rather then bring them together....

Does that help?

[tina]

thank you that has shined some light on the matter for me!! :) just one other thing, somebody mentioned to me that one of the reasons they don't fuse is to do with the way they spin. do you know if this has any truth?

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

© Mr. Robin Parsons Kingston Ontario Canada MMVI

Spin? Probably, some, other effects too though, think of what 'emitting' energy is, as a neutron, away from a Proton, emits energy, so it should sorta have a Pushing (expansion) effect, short range, sorta......probably overpowers some of the other effects, occuring simultaneously, so it would be seen as only a temporary state of a neutron.

Two Spining magnets can still attach, dependant upon their respective spin rates. (Sorta)

Does that help?

[tina]

yeh it does thank you :)

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

Cool, like gravity...... :cool: