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What process gives a star the mass of the sun a second life after it's hydrogen fusion stage is over?
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∙ 14y ago
As our sun (or a similar star) exhausts its hydrogen supply, it begins to fuse helium to create carbon. The reaction is sometimes called the tripple-alpha process. Wikipedia has particulars and a link is provided.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoHelium fusion to produce carbon, oxygen, and Neon
Higher reactions to form elements all the way up to iron but these wouldn't be found in a star the mass of the sun.
(It becomes a red giant)
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What process gives the sun its energy?
Fusion at the core of the sun is the process that gives the sun its energy. Fusion is the same process found in the explosion of a hydrogen bomb.
What heats the sun?
Fusing of hydrogen into helium gives large amounts of heat the process is called nuclear fusion
What gives star heat and light?
Stars derive their heat and light from the process of nuclear fusion, by which hydrogen becomes helium and other, even heavier elements.
The sun burns helium to make what?
The sun does not burn in the conventional sense, it is a fusion bomb confined by its own gravity. At the core of the sun, hydrogen plasma fuses to form the element helium, a and this fusion releases the energy which makes the sun hot. hydrogen, helium
What does hydrogen helium make?
Hydrogen and Helium are the first two in the table of elements. Both have several isotopes, but only one stable one each. In our Sun (and most other stars) the fusion of Hydrogen to Helium is the process that gives us our light and heat.
What process gives the sun its energy?
Fusion at the core of the sun is the process that gives the sun its energy. Fusion is the same process found in the explosion of a hydrogen bomb.
What heats the sun?
Fusing of hydrogen into helium gives large amounts of heat the process is called nuclear fusion
What is the fuel that gives the Sun its energy?
Fusion of hydrogen into helium
How can stars give off their own light?
stars turn hydrogen into heavier elements in nuclear fusion. this process gives off light and heat.
Name the process by which the Sun releases energy from hydrogen?
it gives off radiation which turns into energy
What gives star heat and light?
Stars derive their heat and light from the process of nuclear fusion, by which hydrogen becomes helium and other, even heavier elements.
What occurs when Hydrogen is turned into helium?
The result of this separation will be pure hydrogen and pure helium.
When fusion takes place?
The best example of it is sun which is highly ionised the recation takes place helium recats each other it gives hydrogen and hydogen rects with another molecule of hydrogen it gives hydrogen...
What is an energy releasing process that does not require oxygen?
Fusion. It is how our sun gains energy. Two smaller atoms, like Hydrogen, bond together to form Helium. This gives off energy without the need for oxygen.
What is an energy-releasing process that does not require oxygen?
Fusion. It is how our sun gains energy. Two smaller atoms, like Hydrogen, bond together to form Helium. This gives off energy without the need for oxygen.
What kind of power is generated in stars?
Nuclear fusion is the process that provides energy to the stars.The star fuses hydrogen to form helium this is a process that gives out a lot of energy,stars which are more passive than our sun then it fuses the helium atoms to form carbon.
What fuels the suns enormous energy output?
Nuclear fusion ... the same reaction responsible for the enormous but brief energy output of a "hydrogen bomb".Except that in the core of the sun, it has been going continuously for billions of years.
