[TML] Jewelry was Re: Personal Armor Noise

[Tommy Grav]

On May 7, 2008, at 6:30 PM, shadow at shadowgard.com wrote:

> On 7 May 2008 at 15:23, Anthony Jackson wrote:
>> Did some research after I posted last, and it disagrees. Lithium
>> probably comes from the big bang. Beryllium and Boron probably come  
>> from
>> cosmic ray interactions with the interstellar medium. Many light
>> elements come from smaller stars that did not supernova, instead just
>> shedding outer layers.
>
> Well, I guess they've changed the views since I last read up on the
> Big Bang. Back then the prevailing virew was "just hydrogen" with a
> large minority going for "hydrogen and a few percent helium"

Some elements are created in the Big Bang. And some are generate through
exotic processes like Beryllium and Boron. Several elements lighter  
than and
including iron can be created in stars that does not go supernova.  
Almost
everything heavier than iron is from supernova explosions.

Cheers
   Tommy