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   richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote in news:j8oee2$1ovo$2   
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   > In article ,   
   > eric gisse   wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>This is not a chemical reaction, this is supposed to be a nuclear   
   >>>>reaction. There are no catalysts in nuclear reactions, it's just smash   
   >>>>things together and smash things apart.   
   >   
   >>> Look up "muon-catalysed fusion".   
   >   
   >>You need muons for that.   
   >   
   > I was addressing only the quoted comment, claiming that catalysis   
   > isn't a concept relevant to nuclear reactions.   
   >   
   > -- Richard   
   >   
      
   A catalyst is something that assists with chemical reactions. There are no   
   known catalysts for nuclear reactions, and muons don't count because the   
   element in question isn't the same anymore once all its' electrons have   
   been replaced with muons.   
      
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