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Hydrogen Fusion in the Sun by Harbir Singh Parmar is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Stellar nucleosynthesis involves nuclear fusion reactions inside stars that depend on their mass and composition. Lighter elements like hydrogen fuse to form heavier elements like helium, releasing energy. In the Sun, the proton-proton chain reaction fuses hydrogen into helium. In more massive stars, helium fuses through the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle to form carbon. Very massive stars can produce heavier elements like oxygen, neon, and silicon through further fusion processes before ending as iron in the
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- Harbir Singh Parmar
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- EN