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primordial nucleosynthesis comparison table

Subject	has definition	has synonym	is a kind of
nucleosynthesis	The production of heavy nuclei from the fusion of lighter ones.		fusion
primordial nucleosynthesis	The process, which took place between one second and 3-4 minutes after the beginning, in which the protons and neutrons of the primordial soup condensed to form the lightest atomic nuclei: Deuterium, Helium-3, Helium-4, and Lithium-7. See isotope and Lithium.	big-bang nucleosynthesis	nucleosynthesis

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