•Ch. 10: The Deaths of Stars—example question
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•Q. Massive
stars cannot generate energy through iron fusion because:
•c iron
fusion requires very high densities.
•c stars contain very little iron.
•c no star can get high enough for iron fusion.
•c iron is the most tightly bound of all nuclei.
•c massive stars go supernova before they create an
iron core.
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