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CNO tri-cycle | ||||
subject | fact |
CNO tri-cycle | has definition Similar to the CNO bi-cycle, with the addition of the cycle 17O(p, γ) 18F(β+ν) 18O(p, α) 15N. | |
is an instance of carbon cycle | ||
carbon cycle | has part product helium | |
has part catalyst carbon | ||
has part catalyst nitrogen | ||
has part catalyst oxygen | ||
has part reactant proton | ||
has reaction 12C(p, γ) 13N(p, γ) 14O(β+ν) 14N(p, γ) 15O(β+ν) 15N(p, α) 12C | ||
has discovered date 1938 | ||
has minimum mass 1.5 solar masses | ||
produces energy 26.7 MeV | ||
has catalyst carbon, nitrogen and oxygen | ||
has temperature dependence E ∝ T15 | ||
has minimum temperature 15 to 20 million Kelvin | ||
has synonym Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle | ||
has synonym CNO cycle | ||
hydrogen burning | has next higher temperature reaction helium burning | |
has product helium | ||
has reactant hydrogen | ||
exothermic fusion process | liberates energy | |
fusion | has antonym fission | |
has reaction probability | ||
physical process | has domain physics |
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