Examples
- Photosynthesis
- Melting ice
- Thermal decomposition reactions
- Forming a cation from an atom in the gas phase
- Dissolving ammonium chloride in water
- High-energy neutrons can also produce tritium from lithium-7 in an endothermic reaction, consuming 2.466 MeV. This was discovered when the 1954 Castle Bravo nuclear test produced an unexpectedly high yield.
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7
3Li+ n → 4
2He+ 3
1T+ n
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