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carbon burning | ||||
subject | fact |
carbon burning | has duration 600 years | ![]() |
has optimum density 2 × 105 g cm-13 | ![]() | |
requires minimum mass at star birth 8 solar masses | ![]() | |
has optimum temperature 6 × 108 K | ![]() | |
has part product neon, magnesium | ![]() | |
has reactant carbon | ![]() | |
has location center of star heavier than 4 solar masses | ![]() | |
has definition The stage when a star fuses carbon into heavier elements, making neon and magnesium. Carbon burning eventually occurs in all stars born with more than eight solar masses. | ![]() | |
is a kind of exothermic fusion process | ![]() | |
exothermic fusion process | liberates energy | ![]() |
fusion | has antonym fission | ![]() |
produces energy | ![]() | |
has product | ![]() | |
has reaction probability | ![]() | |
has catalyst | ![]() | |
has minimum temperature | ![]() | |
physical process | has domain physics | ![]() |
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