Stars One
by admin on April 8th, 2011
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When stars burn hydrogen to produce energy, how many hydrogen nuclei does it take to yield one nucleus?
When stars burn hydrogen to produce energy, how many hydrogen nuclei does it take to yield one helium nucleus? Does the final helium nucleus have more or less mass than the total mass hydrogen nuclei it is made of?
There is more than one process that goes on in stars. It depends on the type and age of the star, and I don't know what all else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion#Astrophysical_reaction_chains
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Starski said, "4 hydrogen nuclei (a.k.a. protons) combine to form 1 helium nucleus."
That's the net result, but if you look at the diagram on the page that I cited above, you will see that the actual process is somewhat more complicated than what you describe.
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