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carbon burning comparison table |
Subject | has optimum density | has definition | requires minimum mass at star birth | has location | has reactant | is a kind of | has part product | has optimum temperature | has duration |
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exothermic fusion process | A fusion reaction which linerates energy. | energy source | |||||||
carbon burning | 2 × 105 g cm-13 | 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. | 8 solar masses | center of star heavier than 4 solar masses | carbon | exothermic fusion process | neon, magnesium | 6 × 108 K | 600 years |
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