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Keep reading darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 18/03/2012 11:13:16 PM
The left side of this reaction shows four protons and four electrons, basically four hydrogen atoms. Hydrogen is the natural starting point, since most of the matter in the sun (and also the stars) is hydrogen gas. Hydrogen is the simplest element, so it's reasonable to expect that in a primitive state much of the universe would be hydrogen. The endpoint is helium, known to be the second most abundant element in the sun. It is often referred to as "hydrogen burning" to helium, and hydrogen is often called "fuel", but one must understand that the reaction is not burning in the sense of a chemical reaction between a fuel, such as coal or wood, and oxygen. It is a nuclear reaction.


Not quiet the same thing as a fire burning wood and oxygen.
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Cuendillar: All force directed against simply "makes it stronger" What? Bull. beetnemesis - 14/02/2012 07:56:14 PM 1431 Views
Yeah, an absolute is an absolute. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 14/02/2012 08:00:56 PM 442 Views
Well not absolute... large doses of "evil" over an extended period of time makes it crumble *NM* Iceman - 14/02/2012 09:51:30 PM 417 Views
obviously Rand's been going about htis all wrong, then LadyLorraine - 14/02/2012 10:08:48 PM 1019 Views
Depends on your definition of "indestructible", I guess kHz1000 - 15/02/2012 08:41:02 AM 1120 Views
Unbreakable and unbendable not the same thing aerocontrols - 17/02/2012 03:12:57 PM 1264 Views
And Praziquantel - 17/02/2012 04:28:36 PM 938 Views
Re: Cuendillar: All force directed against simply "makes it stronger" What? Bull. Gerbeaud - 17/02/2012 04:32:51 PM 838 Views
Simple answer to this is the conservation of energy. Onarishma - 23/02/2012 07:09:19 PM 958 Views
Yeah, I like this one the best Marshall - 16/03/2012 06:49:11 PM 967 Views
Well, all that energy of the eternally burning sun has to go somewhere *NM* Lohikaarme - 16/03/2012 11:21:36 PM 481 Views
I wonder what causes the sun to refuel though? *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 17/03/2012 01:42:55 AM 395 Views
Theoretically the Sun will burn out darius_sedai - 17/03/2012 04:38:35 PM 974 Views
Not in WoT it won't. Fanatic-Templar - 17/03/2012 05:18:24 PM 921 Views
All that means is time doesn't move forward in WOT meaning there is no change darius_sedai - 17/03/2012 07:36:45 PM 952 Views
How so? Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 04:08:20 AM 893 Views
The link I attached discussed how our sun burns and it's estimated life time darius_sedai - 18/03/2012 02:07:06 PM 868 Views
Yes, speaking of that link... Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 05:59:31 PM 865 Views
Keep reading darius_sedai - 18/03/2012 11:13:16 PM 863 Views
I don't get what you're trying to say. Fanatic-Templar - 19/03/2012 01:48:46 AM 854 Views
Doesn't matter ... As you said earlier it's an irrelevant point anyway. darius_sedai - 19/03/2012 03:26:04 AM 759 Views
As you wish. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 19/03/2012 03:27:39 AM 369 Views
Re: I wonder what causes the sun to refuel though? Sidious - 17/03/2012 07:39:30 PM 911 Views
Yeah, probably. Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2012 04:10:12 AM 836 Views
except energy doesn't usually convert to matter, does it? LadyLorraine - 17/03/2012 07:48:24 AM 1124 Views
This is what best explains everything... DomA - 17/03/2012 02:53:02 PM 915 Views
Hmmm.... fionwe1987 - 17/03/2012 03:28:24 PM 983 Views
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