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carbon burning
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carbon burninghas duration 600 years2001-09-27 09:29:43.0
has optimum density 2 × 105 g cm-132001-09-27 09:29:43.0
requires minimum mass at star birth 8 solar masses2001-09-27 09:29:43.0
has optimum temperature 6 × 108 K2001-09-27 09:29:43.0
has part product neon, magnesium2001-09-27 09:29:43.0
has reactant carbon2001-09-27 09:29:43.0
has location center of star heavier than 4 solar masses2001-09-27 09:29:43.0
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.has source: Croswell, K. 1995 The Alchemy of the Heavens, Anchor Books, 2001-09-27 09:29:43.0
is a kind of exothermic fusion process2001-09-27 09:29:43.0
exothermic fusion processliberates energy2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
fusionhas antonym fission2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
produces energy2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has product2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has reaction probability2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has catalyst2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has minimum temperature2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
physical processhas domain physics2001-09-27 09:29:38.0

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