English Explanatory Dictionary

carbon burning

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The nucleosynthesis process, in stars of greater than 8 solar mass that have exhausted their helium supply, in which carbon is converted to neon, sodium, magnesium and other elements.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: thermochemical oxidation of carbon.

Word forms

carbon burning
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