The iron fusion

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Hi to all.

When iron has been produced in the core of a stflar, what elements will iron be synthesized into?

Thanks

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Its seems i read somewhere that iron will be the very last thing a star will make. Once it makes iron it goes boom.

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Hi:
Iron is the last element produced by fusion in the core, releasing energy. Once iron formed, the core collapses into a neutron star or black hole.

From cobalt, the process of fusion of new elements absorbs energy. So, elements heavier than iron are synthesized in others process such supernova explosion or merging of neutron stars.

Regards

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