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ALPHA-CARBON REACTION

Specialty Definition: ALPHA-CARBON REACTION

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Physics

After three helium nuclei have combined to form 12C in a red giant, another alpha particle is captured by the 12C to form 16O and gamma rays. These particles, 12C and 16O, are the ashes from a dying star. They are also the basis of life on Earth. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ALPHA-CARBON REACTION

Specialty definitions using "ALPHA-CARBON REACTION": Helium Burning. (references)

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Alternative Orthography: ALPHA-CARBON REACTION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4C 50 48 41 2D 43 41 52 42 4F 4E      52 45 41 43 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001100 01010000 01001000 01000001 00101101 01000011 01000001 01010010 01000010 01001111 01001110 00100000 01010010 01000101 01000001 01000011 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#80 &#72 &#65 &#45 &#67 &#65 &#82 &#66 &#79 &#78 &#32 &#82 &#69 &#65 &#67 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 0050 0048 0041 002D 0043 0041 0052 0042 004F 004E      0052 0045 0041 0043 0054 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35465042351537355236494825239353754434948

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