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Where is helium formed?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Helium is formed inside stars.


The stars turn hydrogen into helium. Larger, older stars can create heavier elements. The formation is normally proton capture. But if helium fuses into beryllium-8, it is unstable. Only the "triple-alpha" process will add a third nucleus to form stable carbon-12, or a fourth to form oxygen-16. The formation of heavier elements from carbon (oxygen, neon, and magnesium) requires tremendous heat and pressure.

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