[TML] Jewelry was Re: Personal Armor Noise

[Knapp]

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Joseph Paul <josephnjody at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>   >Kelly St.Clair wrote:
>   >
>   >> Pretty much every atom heavier than helium - including the carbon that
>   >> makes up both diamonds and us - was, at some point, in the
>   >heart of a star.
>   >
>   >Actually, I think the stuff actually in the heart of the star generally
>   >stays there; what escapes is mostly outer layers.
>
>  Do we have stars that go boom and pretty much completely unravel ie leave no
>  core? Where is the Fe layer in a star?
>
>  If stellar fusion only goes up to Fe how do we get the elements heavier than
>  that?
>

My understanding was from nova and supernova. Is that correct?


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