English Explanatory Dictionary

silicon burning

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the nucleosynthesis process, in stars where temperatures exceed 3x10⁹K, in which silicon undergoes photodisintegration to form fragments which in turn produce elements of atomic number up to 60, peaking at iron

Word forms

silicon burning
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