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Did iron form your solar system?
No Iron is the heaviest element that can only be formed near the end of a stars life. Iron is the cause of a stars implosion.
What is the heaviest element silver gold iron or copper?
Gold is the most dense of these elements
Why is iron the only element that can be produced in stars?
All elements (except hydrogen) are produced in stars through nuclear fusion (under tremendous heat, two hydrogen atoms fuse into one helium plus release pure energy). When the hydrogen is all fused, helium is fused into heavier elements at a higher temperature, then those are fused and so on until we get to iron. Iron is the element that will cause a star to collapse and then explode violently in a supernova. The explosion causes further fusion and creates still heavier elements.
What element would be more commonly found in older stars than in younger stars?
Chemicals between carbon and iron.
Which atom is the heaviest helium uranium lead iron Hydrogen?
Uranium atom is the heaviest.
What is the heaviest element that a star can produce through fusion before going supernova?
The heaviest element that can be produced prior to supernova is Iron (Fe).
Did iron form your solar system?
No Iron is the heaviest element that can only be formed near the end of a stars life. Iron is the cause of a stars implosion.
Is iron the heaviest element made in abundance in massive stars?
Iron is the heaviest element made in the bowels of any star with the exception of a supernova explosion. All natural elements heavier than iron come from one of those.
What is the origin of iron?
The stars. Iron is the heaviest element produced in the normal cycle of stellar fusion. Iron thus formed is distributed across areas of space upon the death of some stars. On earth, iron is distributed in large deposits at various locations around the globe. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article on iron.
What is the heaviest element that can be made by normal processes inside a star?
In very massive stars, Iron is sometimes generated.
Is iron a compound mixture element?
Iron is an element, and is the heaviest element that may be made by fusion in a Star such as our Sun.
Is iron compound mixture elements?
Iron is an element, and is the heaviest element that may be made by fusion in a Star such as our Sun.
Why is iron the heaviest element that can be formed in stars?
It isn't. Heavier elements are formed in stars as well. Iron is basically the heaviest element for which energy can be gained. When converting iron into heavier elements, energy is lost. However, this doesn't stop supernovae, at a temperature of about one gigakelvin (a billion degrees), to form heavier elements. In fact, the interior of stars is practically the ONLY way such elements can be formed.
What is the heaviest element silver gold iron or copper?
Gold is the most dense of these elements
Where did the heavy elements in planetary objects originate?
The heaviest elements come mainly from supernovae. Iron is the heaviest element that can be produced by fusion. Heavier elements are produced by neutron capture. An individual free-floating neutron collides with a nucleus and merges with it. That doesn't produce a higher element on the periodic table, because the atomic number depends on the number of protons. However, nuclei with too many neutrons are unstable, and will eventually "decay". A neutron will decay into a proton and an electron. Free neutrons don't exist in great numbers in normal stars, so neutron capture doesn't happen significantly in them. Elements from carbon to iron can be formed by fusion in large stars.
What is formed from stars?
All elements up to Iron are produced by smaller stars. heavier elements (everything heavier then iron) are produced from larger stars when they go supernova.
What is stars form?
All elements up to Iron are produced by smaller stars. heavier elements (everything heavier then iron) are produced from larger stars when they go supernova.
