Helium-4 mostly arises from alpha decay of heavy radioactive elements. Helium-3 is primordial helium, and is extremely rare on Earth. Whether or not a minute proportion of the Earth's total helium-4 is regarded as primordial depends very much on the context of the particular article.
The hydrogen and much of the helium in space are primordial; they formed after the big bang after the universe became cool enough for atoms. Some trace amounts of lithium formed as well. All heavier elements require stars in order to form.
Primordial means it is the earlier form of its kind or dates from the start of a planet or universe. Primordial material is sometimes found on meteorites that fall to Earth.
We have been using this primordial book since the Vietnam War, it seems.
Long ago some scientists think living things came from a primordial soup.
The proportions at which elements occur in the observable universe closely match predictions of the Big Bang theory. According to this model, only the simplest elements would have condensed from the primordial quark-gluon plasma: hydrogen and helium. Heaver elements would have formed inside the first stars and supernovae. Most of the visible matter in the universe would therefore be hydrogen and helium, with heavier elements in lesser numbers, proportional to their atomic weight.
The 'big bang' theory.
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The primordial to a cat is a kitten!
Yes, say it Primordial, or existing from the beginning of time. Anything is possible, really.
Primordial Undermind was created in 1988.
Primordial Lovers was created in 1970.
The hydrogen and much of the helium in space are primordial; they formed after the big bang after the universe became cool enough for atoms. Some trace amounts of lithium formed as well. All heavier elements require stars in order to form.
Animals hunting for food is a primordial instinct.
It refers to liquid and chemical mixture from which life on Earth began. Biologists also call it the primordial soup, or the primordial sea.
Primordial means it is the earlier form of its kind or dates from the start of a planet or universe. Primordial material is sometimes found on meteorites that fall to Earth.
the universe originated some finite time ago from a primordial state
We have been using this primordial book since the Vietnam War, it seems.