Physics A-Level
Nuclear fusion in stellar cores
What Nuclear fusion in stellar cores means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Nuclear fusion in stellar cores
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When the core reaches roughly 10⁷ K, hydrogen nuclei fuse into helium, releasing energy.
Topics that use Nuclear fusion in stellar cores
- Stars (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Black hole
- Chandrasekhar limit
- Electron degeneracy pressure
- Gravitational collapse
- HR diagram
- Main sequence
- Neutron star
- Planet
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