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CNO bi-cycle
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CNO bi-cyclehas probability 2% of the energy of our Sunhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:42.0
has definition Similar to the CNO cycle, except that it also includes a cycle in which the next-to-last step becomes 15N(p, γ) 16O(p, γ) 17F(β+ν) 17O(p, α) 14N. This reaction occurs once in about 2000 CN cycles. For main-sequence stars greater than a few solar masses, hydrogen burning by the CNO bi-cycle is the main source of energy.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:42.0
is an instance of carbon cycle2001-09-27 09:29:42.0
carbon cyclehas part product helium2001-09-27 09:29:42.0
has part catalyst carbon2001-09-27 09:29:42.0
has part catalyst nitrogen2001-09-27 09:29:42.0
has part catalyst oxygen2001-09-27 09:29:42.0
has part reactant proton2001-09-27 09:29:42.0
has reaction 12C(p, γ) 13N(p, γ) 14O(β+ν) 14N(p, γ) 15O(β+ν) 15N(p, α) 12C2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has discovered date 19382001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has minimum mass 1.5 solar masses2001-09-27 09:29:42.0
produces energy 26.7 MeV2001-09-27 09:29:42.0
has catalyst carbon, nitrogen and oxygen2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has temperature dependence E ∝ T152001-09-27 09:29:42.0
has minimum temperature 15 to 20 million Kelvin2001-09-27 09:29:42.0
has synonym Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has synonym CNO cycle2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
hydrogen burninghas next higher temperature reaction helium burning2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has product helium2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has reactant hydrogen2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
exothermic fusion processliberates energy2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
fusionhas antonym fission2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has reaction probability2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
physical processhas domain physics2001-09-27 09:29:38.0

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