Does the power source create greenhouse gases?
We can start with the composition of the sun. If there is C, and
O in its composition, then it is possible it combines to create
CO2. (see below for the composition) Now at the temperature at
which the sun is, will the CO2 remain as such or will the atoms
recombine into something else, I cannot answer. My answer so far
only answers positively the question: CAN the sun emit carbon
dioxide. From another site: Astronomers study the spectrum of the
Sun to determine it's chemical composition. In the visible region
alone, from 4000 to 7000 angstroms (10-10 meters), there are
thousands of absorption lines in the solar spectrum. These lines
have been cataloged, and tell us that there are 67 chemical
elements identified in the Sun. There are probably even more
elements in the Sun that are present in such a small amount that
our instruments can't detect them. Here is a table of the 10 most
common elements in the Sun: {| ! Element ! Abundance (% of total !
! Abundance ! ! number of atoms) ! ! (% of total mass) | Hydrogen
91.2 71.0 Helium 8.7 27.1 Oxygen 0.078 0.97 Carbon 0.043 0.40
Nitrogen 0.0088 0.096 Silicon 0.0045 0.099 Magnesium 0.0038 0.076
Neon 0.0035 0.058 Iron 0.030 0.014 Sulfur 0.015 0.040 You see that
hydrogen is by far the most abundant element in the Sun, followed
by helium. Those two together make up 99.9 percent by number of the
total atoms in the Sun! This is also what we find in the
composition of the Universe as a whole. |} We can start with the
composition of the sun. If there is C, and O in its composition,
then it is possible it combines to create CO2. (see below for the
composition) Now at the temperature at which the sun is, will the
CO2 remain as such or will the atoms recombine into something else,
I cannot answer. My answer so far only answers positively the
question: CAN the sun emit carbon dioxide. From another site:
Astronomers study the spectrum of the Sun to determine it's
chemical composition. In the visible region alone, from 4000 to
7000 angstroms (10-10 meters), there are thousands of absorption
lines in the solar spectrum. These lines have been cataloged, and
tell us that there are 67 chemical elements identified in the Sun.
There are probably even more elements in the Sun that are present
in such a small amount that our instruments can't detect them. Here
is a table of the 10 most common elements in the Sun: {| ! Element
! Abundance (% of total ! ! Abundance ! ! number of atoms) ! ! (%
of total mass) | Hydrogen 91.2 71.0 Helium 8.7 27.1 Oxygen 0.078
0.97 Carbon 0.043 0.40 Nitrogen 0.0088 0.096 Silicon 0.0045 0.099
Magnesium 0.0038 0.076 Neon 0.0035 0.058 Iron 0.030 0.014 Sulfur
0.015 0.040 You see that hydrogen is by far the most abundant
element in the Sun, followed by helium. Those two together make up
99.9 percent by number of the total atoms in the Sun! This is also
what we find in the composition of the Universe as a whole. |}
