silicon burning Comparison Table

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silicon burning comparison table

Subject has optimum density has definition has reactant is a kind of has part product has optimum temperature has duration

exothermic fusion process A fusion reaction which linerates energy. energy source

silicon burning 3 × 10⁷ g cm^-3 The end of the line for a high-mass star, silicon burning creates iron and other elements of similar mass and presages a supernova. silicon involved in many hundreds of nuclear reactions exothermic fusion process iron 56 2.7 × 10⁹ K 1 day

Subject	has optimum density	has definition	has reactant	is a kind of	has part product	has optimum temperature	has duration
exothermic fusion process		A fusion reaction which linerates energy.		energy source
silicon burning	3 × 10⁷ g cm^-3	The end of the line for a high-mass star, silicon burning creates iron and other elements of similar mass and presages a supernova.	silicon involved in many hundreds of nuclear reactions	exothermic fusion process	iron 56	2.7 × 10⁹ K	1 day

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