[TML] Jewelry was Re: Personal Armor Noise

[Greg Nokes]

On May 7, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Knapp wrote:

> 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?
>


Yeah - I always was under the impression that when a star pop's the  
pressures created in the boom create the heavier elements.

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