silicon burning is a very brief sequence of nuclear fusion reactions that occur in massive stars with a minimum of about 8–11 solar masses. Silicon burning...
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cores. Oxygen-burning is preceded by the neon-burning process and succeeded by the silicon-burning process. As the neon-burning process ends, the core...
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Stellar nucleosynthesis (redirect from Hydrogen-burning process)
first time-dependent models of the s-process in 1961 and of the r-process in 1965, as well as of the burning of silicon into the abundant alpha-particle nuclei...
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relatively unreactive. Silicon is a significant element that is essential for several physiological and metabolic processes in plants. Silicon is widely regarded...
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the neon-burning process and oxygen-burning process. The final stage in the stellar nucleosynthesis process is the silicon-burning process that results...
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the sample. Silicon-28 is produced in stars during the alpha process and the oxygen-burning process, and drives the silicon-burning process in massive...
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Supernova nucleosynthesis (section Silicon burning)
during sequential hydrostatic burning processes called helium burning, carbon burning, oxygen burning, and silicon burning, in which the byproducts of one...
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The neon-burning process is a set of nuclear fusion reactions that take place in evolved massive stars with at least 8 Solar masses. Neon burning requires...
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oxygen-burning and silicon-burning, leaving the two heavier ones to be produced via neutron capture. 46Ca is mostly produced in a "hot" s-process, as its...
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Nuclear fusion (section Process)
magnesium can occur. In the extreme limit, the silicon-burning process can begin with the fusion of silicon and selenium nuclei. From the period approximately...
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Nickel (section Mond process)
also has one meta state. Radioactive nickel-56 is produced by the silicon burning process and later set free in large amounts in type Ia supernovae. The...
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two fragments of nearly equal mass). Pair-instability supernova Silicon-burning process Clayton, D. D. (1984). Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis...
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core to begin to fuse when the star contracts at the end of the helium-burning stage. The core gradually becomes layered like an onion, as progressively...
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Iron (section Thermite process)
produced from lighter nuclei in the alpha process in nuclear reactions in supernovae (see silicon burning process), it is the endpoint of fusion chains inside...
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Carbon-burning process Neon-burning process Oxygen-burning process Silicon-burning process S-process R-process Nova Nova remnant Stellar structure Solar core...
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elements from silicon to nickel. The paper did not include the carbon-burning process, the oxygen-burning process and the silicon-burning process, each of...
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Burning Man has since evolved into a destination for social media influencers, celebrities and the Silicon Valley elite." Black Rock City Burning Man...
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Silicon tetrafluoride or tetrafluorosilane is a chemical compound with the formula SiF4. This colorless gas is notable for having a narrow liquid range:...
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direct alpha-process pathway are formed by the s-process, the capture of slow neutrons within the star. S-process Silicon burning process Abundance of...
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enable the alpha process. Requirements increase with atomic mass, especially in later stages – sometimes referred to as silicon burning – and thus most...
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Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO2, commonly found in nature as quartz. In many parts of the...
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Chlorine (redirect from Chlorine manufacturing process)
remaining 24%. Both are synthesised in stars in the oxygen-burning and silicon-burning processes. Both have nuclear spin 3/2+ and thus may be used for nuclear...
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Silane (redirect from Silicon tetrahydride)
+ SiH4 It is also prepared from metallurgical-grade silicon in a two-step process. First, silicon is treated with hydrogen chloride at about 300 °C to...
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Integrated circuit (redirect from Silicon chip)
Noyce's chip was made of silicon, whereas Kilby's was made of germanium, and Noyce's was fabricated using the planar process, developed in early 1959...
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Thermite (redirect from Thermite process)
diverse compositions. Fuels include aluminum, magnesium, titanium, zinc, silicon, and boron. Aluminum is common because of its high boiling point and low...
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the normal integrated circuit manufacturing process, a single large cylindrical crystal (boule) of silicon is produced and then cut into disks known as...
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to provide the arc. Some processes are typically autogenous. These include some gas welding processes such as lead burning (although fillers may optionally...
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Nucleosynthesis (section Processes)
neutrons are synthesized by the silicon quasi-equilibrium process. During this process, the burning of oxygen and silicon fuses nuclei that themselves have...
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The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open...
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carbon-burning in massive stars. It employs primarily the 22Ne neutron source. These stars will become supernovae at their demise and spew those s-process isotopes...
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