0
Carbon fusion is a stage towards the end of a star's life. See para below and link
Carbon burning starts when helium burning ends. During helium fusion, stars build up an inert core rich in carbon and oxygen. Once the helium density drops below a level at which He burning can be sustained, the core collapses due to gravitation. This decrease in volume raises temperature and density of the core up to the carbon ignition temperature. This will raise the star's temperature around the core allowing it to burn helium in a shell around the core. The star increases in size and becomes a red supergiant.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Does carbon dating use nuclear fusion?
No, carbon dating does not use nuclear fusion. Carbon dating is a method used to determine the age of organic materials by measuring the remaining levels of a radioactive isotope called carbon-14. This process involves the decay of carbon-14, not nuclear fusion.
If carbon were used as nuclear fuel it would be best?
Carbon cannot be used as a nuclear fuel, either for fission or fusion.
The fusion of helium atoms form these?
First beryllium is formed, followed by carbon
Does nuclear fusion provides energy to green plants to grow?
Nuclear fusion (converting hydrogen-1 to helium-4), in the Sun. This is what powers the Sun.
Fusion is a type of?
Fusion is a type of
Hydrogen or carbon fusion reactions require the highest temp?
Carbon fusion requires much higher temperatures and pressures than ordinary hydrogen fusion.
What is the by-product of nuclear fusion?
In deuterium-tritium fusion, the result is helium-4. In helium fusion, carbon is produced.
Does carbon dating use nuclear fusion?
No, carbon dating does not use nuclear fusion. Carbon dating is a method used to determine the age of organic materials by measuring the remaining levels of a radioactive isotope called carbon-14. This process involves the decay of carbon-14, not nuclear fusion.
When does hydrogen-helium fusion and helium-carbon fusion occur in stars like our sun?
When hydrogen stocks run out
Where does the carbon come from and where does it end up?
Carbon is formed during the fusion process within stars. When the star can no longer sustain stable fusion, it explodes and scatters its constituent elements throughout the universe.
How is carbon developed?
Same as all elements - in stars by nuclear fusion.
If carbon were used as nuclear fuel it would be best?
Carbon cannot be used as a nuclear fuel, either for fission or fusion.
The fusion of helium atoms form these?
First beryllium is formed, followed by carbon
What are the 3 main fuels stars us for fusion?
hydrogen, helium and carbon
Which type of fusion occurs in the red giant phase?
Thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen occurs during the red giant phase. Helium to carbon fusion, or dredge up, also occurs at this time.
How Carbon is synthesized in stellar cores?
Carbon is synthesized from the nuclear fusion that occurs inside stars. The mass of a large or massive star creates conditions that allows more fusion to occur than just hydrogen to helium.
What happens to a star when the outward force of fusion is less than the inward force?
the star collapses in on itself, and usually when the fusion stops it is in the last stages of its life as a giant or supergiant and forms a white dwarf made of the carbon left over from the second stage of helium to carbon fusion from the core of the star that takes place after the hydrogen to helium fusion. after the white dwarf is formed it will eventually cool off into a black dwarf which is basically a carbon corpse of a star
