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Old 10-July-2005, 07:30 PM
Michael Mozina Michael Mozina is offline
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Originally Posted by Mendel
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Originally Posted by Michael Mozina
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Positrons? Do you mean this kind of particle? Antimatter?
No, I mean POSITRONS.
Excuse me, what? I'm confused!

Not positrons but POSITRONS?
What is the difference between positron and POSITRON?

As far as I know, positrons are antiparticles of electrons.
What are POSITRONs?
http://fusedweb.pppl.gov/CPEP/Chart_...Reactions.html
http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q1259.html

You'll note that fusion and fission reactions release positrons and electrons in the process.