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What is the last element that a star with a mass of 10 solar masses will *attempt* to fuse?What is the heaviest element that a star with a mass of 1 solar mass can fuse?All stars fuse hydrogen into helium, helium into carbon, carbon into heavier elements, until finally it produces iron. This varies in quantity by the size of the star. Iron is the largest element that can be produced by fusion since it has the highest binding energy per nucleon. Almost all other elements are produced by supernova explosions.What is the heaviest element that a star with a mass of 1 solar mass can fuse?The heaviest element that ANY star can fuse is unpenttrium (atomic number 153). But perhaps you are interested in elements that are produced at rates of more than one atom per star per billion years, with the atom lasting for less than a nanosecond?
In that case, the answer is silicon, fusing into iron.What is the heaviest element that a star with a mass of 1 solar mass can fuse?1 solar mass -- silicon (..http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_he鈥?/a>
10 solar mass -- ironWhat is the heaviest element that a star with a mass of 1 solar mass can fuse?
1 solar mass= helium
10 solar mass= iron
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