A Supergiant Star Can Keep Adding Shells to Its Core

question 107

True/False

A supergiant star can keep adding shells to its core "onion" structure until it produces uranium as a byproduct.

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Definitions:

Primary Alcohol

An alcohol in which the hydroxyl group (-OH) is attached to a carbon atom that has only one other alkyl group linked to it.

Butyllithium

A lithium organic compound often used as a strong base in the synthesis of organic compounds.

Reaction

The process by which two or more reactants form one or more products, often releasing or absorbing energy.

Reagents

Materials or chemicals introduced into an environment to initiate a chemical reaction or to test for the presence of a reaction.