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What Is the Term for the Process That Fuses Hydrogen

Question 60

Question 60

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What is the term for the process that fuses hydrogen into helium in the cores of massive main-sequence stars?


A) the CNO cycle
B) the proton-proton chain
C) hydrostatic equilibrium
D) the neutrino process

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