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oxygen ‘burning’

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oxygen ‘burning’ A stage of advanced ‘burning’, in stellar evolution, following helium ‘burning’, that takes place at a temperature around 2 × 10⁹K. ¹⁶O nuclei react to form ³²S, ³¹S, ³¹P, and ²⁸Si. See CARBON ‘BURNING’; and NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
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oxygen burning

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oxygen burning A set of nuclear reactions inside stars through which oxygen is converted to heavier elements such as silicon. It occurs in stellar cores (and sometimes later, when oxygen in the core is exhausted, in a surrounding shell) at temperatures over 2 × 10⁹ K}.

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