Why Did the Big Bang Not Produce Heavier Elements

question 27

Multiple Choice

Why did the Big Bang not produce heavier elements?

• A)By the time helium could survive, the temperature had become too low for heavier elements to form.
• B)They did, but radioactive decay caused these elements to disappear again.
• C)Too many high energy photons were present during the era of nucleosynthesis for heavy elements to form.

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