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▸ noun: (physics, astronomy) the nucleosynthesis process, in stars where temperatures exceed 3x10⁹K, in which silicon undergoes photodisintegration to form fragments which in turn produce elements of atomic number up to 60, peaking at iron
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▸ noun: (physics, astronomy) the nucleosynthesis process, in stars where temperatures exceed 3x10⁹K, in which silicon undergoes photodisintegration to form fragments which in turn produce elements of atomic number up to 60, peaking at iron
Similar:
oxygen burning,
helium burning,
carbon burning,
hydrogen burning,
s-process,
ignition,
nucleosynthesis,
neutronization,
LiBeB process,
burning nuclear plasma,
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