To: SunkenCiv
What is the heaviest element a star can produce?
3 posted on
09/07/2011 1:22:56 AM PDT by
Jonty30
To: Jonty30
Got my answer. It is iron.
Anything above iron is the result of a super nova.
6 posted on
09/07/2011 1:37:17 AM PDT by
Jonty30
To: Jonty30
>>> What is the heaviest element a star can produce?
I believe the theories so far say that the day to day fusion in a star will produce elements only up to Iron. The heavier elements are then the result of the forces as the star ultimately collapses and goes nova.
7 posted on
09/07/2011 1:57:34 AM PDT by
tlb
To: Jonty30
Iron. However, heavier elements are created in supernova explosions and scattered back into the interstellar medium, to be parts of new stars and planetary systems.
10 posted on
09/07/2011 3:24:18 AM PDT by
GAB-1955
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To: Jonty30
Look at the lower right of the Periodic Table.
Except for perhaps a few man-made elements, with short lives, the answer is “all of them, including the heaviest.”
Where else would any of the natural elements come from?
15 posted on
09/07/2011 5:14:00 AM PDT by
G Larry
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18 posted on
09/07/2011 3:41:00 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: Jonty30
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29 posted on
09/08/2011 4:53:42 AM PDT by
COBOL2Java
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