Idiom
carbon burning
Meaning
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.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Massive stars begin carbon burning after they run out of helium.”
“When a star reaches the end of its life, the core temperature rises enough to start carbon burning.”
“In the final evolutionary stages of a high-mass star, carbon burning facilitates the synthesis of heavier elements like neon and magnesium.”
Examples
simple
“Massive stars begin carbon burning after they run out of helium.”
contextual
“When a star reaches the end of its life, the core temperature rises enough to start carbon burning.”
complex
“In the final evolutionary stages of a high-mass star, carbon burning facilitates the synthesis of heavier elements like neon and magnesium.”
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