In detail from the moment the sun begains to burn fuel in what rate and in what order does it fuse molcule to create the next element up to iron.
2007-12-04 12:48:06 · 3 answers · asked by mommie2b0610 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The sun takes 4 nuclei of hydrogen and forms 1 nucleus of helium. 4 H have more mass than 1 He. The difference is what goes out as energy.
It amounts to 4 million tonnes per second.
The may be the occasional fusion into Carbon and maybe Oxygen, but not enough to have an influence on the process.
The Sun's core is not hot enough nor dense enough to fuse atoms all the way up to iron.
Only stars more massive than the Sun can continue fusion past the Helium or Carbon level, with star of 10 solar masses or more being able to make it all the way to iron.
2007-12-04 13:16:29 · answer #1 · answered by Raymond 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-12-05 17:52:02 · answer #2 · answered by Neptune 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
add by one
H
He
Li
Be
B
C
N
O
F
Ne
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2007-12-04 21:07:41 · answer #3 · answered by filldwth? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋