CNO tri-cycle Comparison Table

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CNO tri-cycle comparison table

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carbon cycle hydrogen burning Use of carbon and nitrogen as intermediates in the nuclear fusion process of the Sun. Cooler stars undergo the proton-proton cycle.

CNO tri-cycle carbon cycle Similar to the CNO bi-cycle, with the addition of the cycle ¹⁷O(p, γ) ¹⁸F(β⁺ν) ¹⁸O(p, α) ¹⁵N.

Subject	is a kind of	is an instance of	has definition
carbon cycle	hydrogen burning		Use of carbon and nitrogen as intermediates in the nuclear fusion process of the Sun. Cooler stars undergo the proton-proton cycle.
CNO tri-cycle		carbon cycle	Similar to the CNO bi-cycle, with the addition of the cycle ¹⁷O(p, γ) ¹⁸F(β⁺ν) ¹⁸O(p, α) ¹⁵N.

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