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Which came first oxygen or carbon?

Carbon came first. Carbon is one of the most abundant elements in the universe and is formed in the core of stars through nuclear fusion reactions. Oxygen, on the other hand, is also formed in stars but typically in later stages of stellar evolution.


What is Carbon Hydrogen and Oxygen made from?

Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are chemical elements that are naturally occurring in the universe. They are created through various processes such as nuclear fusion in stars, supernova explosions, and interactions between cosmic rays and other elements in space. These elements make up the building blocks of organic molecules essential for life on Earth.


How is carbon created?

Some carbonation, such as that in beer, is made by yeast. The yeast cells consume glucose and metabolize it anaerobically (without oxygen). This process is called fermentation. The byproducts of yeast fermentation are EtOH and CO2 (alcohol and bubbles).


Stars combine Hydrogen to make Helium during nuclear fusion. Living things are made of heavier elements like Carbon Oxygen Iron and Calcium. How did these elements form?

These heavier elements were formed through processes like nucleosynthesis in the core of massive stars, supernova explosions, and stellar winds. These events create conditions where lighter elements are fused or broken apart to form heavier elements, eventually leading to the creation of elements like carbon, oxygen, iron, and calcium.


Where does the hydrogen in glucose ultimately come from?

the hydrogen molecules are separeted from the water molecules in the equation, and since the law of conservation of mass states that matter cannot be created or destroyed, the hydrogen is combined with the carbon and oxygen molecules to form glucose

Related Questions

Why can the nuclei of carbon oxygen and iron can be found in stars?

Because they are all made inside of stars.


How are the elements carbon nitrogen and oxygen produced in stars like the sun?

These fusion (carbon , nitrogen , and oxygen) reactions form nuclei of sightly heavier elements.


Why would white dwarf stars have less amount hydrogen?

A white dwarf is the remnant of a star that has fused all the hydrogen and helium in its core, leaving mostly carbon and oxygen nuclei.


Where can carbon be found?

Carbon is found in abundance in the sun, stars, comets and atmospheres


What unlikely fusion takes place in the stars that produces carbon?

Formation of the carbon atomic nucleus requires a three way collision of helium nuclei (alpha particles within the core of a giant or supergiant star. These three helium nuclei are converted into carbon by means of the triple-alpha process. [See link] This carbon is then scattered into space when the star explodes as a supernova. For smaller stars the Bethe-Weizsäcker-cycle or CNO cycle (carbon-nitrogen-oxygen) [See link] , is one of two sets of fusion reactions by which stars convert hydrogen to helium. In the CNO cycle, four protons fuse using carbon, nitrogen and oxygen isotopes as a catalyst to produce one alpha particle, two positrons and two electron neutrinos. The carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen isotopes are in effect one nucleus that goes through a number of transformations in an endless loop.


Which came first oxygen or carbon?

Carbon came first. Carbon is one of the most abundant elements in the universe and is formed in the core of stars through nuclear fusion reactions. Oxygen, on the other hand, is also formed in stars but typically in later stages of stellar evolution.


Where can samples of Carbon-14 be found?

Fresh Corpses or Stars.


Name the gasses that make up most stars?

Hydrogen and helium are the most abundant gases in stars, with hydrogen being the most common element found in stars. Other gases present in stars include oxygen, carbon, neon, and iron in smaller quantities.


What does nuclear fusion create inside of stars?

Inside the sun, nuclear fusion creates helium nuclei from...a. oxygen nuclei. b. beryllium nuclei.c. carbon nuclei.d. hydrogen nuclei.The answer is d. hydrogen nuclei.


What language did carbon come from?

Carbon is a naturally occurring element that is formed through nuclear fusion in stars, primarily in the cores of massive stars through processes like the triple-alpha process. These processes involve the fusion of helium nuclei to produce carbon atoms.


How do beryllium carbon and oxygen produce star?

As helium builds up in the sun's core, other fusion reactions occur. Over time, two or more helium nuclei can fuse, forming beryllium. Another helium nucleus can fuse with a beryllium nucleus, forming carbon, and so on. Stars the size of the sun do not contain enough energy to produce elements heavier than oxygen. But larger stars do.The Sun isn't making those elements; what of them exist are the result of production in other stars. Currently, the Sun makes only helium, which, although it's really a gas, was named "sun metal."Edit: The Sun will make heavier elements later, but only up to oxygen. The way stars like the Sun make carbon and oxygen is by nuclear fusion. This is the same way they make helium from hydrogen. This process of making elements is called nucleosynthesis. The details can get quite technical, but the basic idea isthat one atomic nucleus combines with another to produce the nucleus of a new element.


What does carbon plus copper plus oxygen make?

I know that carbon plus oxygen equals iron and iron is what kills stars...