Thread:Dark yet Darker/@comment-46385232-20200718204810

i noticed your post about nuclear reactions and just wanted to clear this up a bit, hydrogen cant be used in a nuclear fission reaction because it doesnt have a large enough nucleus to be split in order to release the binding energy, there is a curve that shows the total binding energy measured in Megaelectron Volts(MeV) compared to the size of the nucleus(Nuetrons+Electrons. Iron actually sits at the top of the curve for total binding energy but because of the smaller size of the atom, only 54 AU, its considered far to stable to reliably induce a reaction, therefore Uranium 235 enriched with a greater than normal concentration of U 238 was chosen to be the fuel for reactors. if you have any questions feel free to ask! and if you really dont care at all thats fine too, just figured if you were going to post about it you might enjoy learning the finer details on how a reaction occurs! 