carbon burning en · NOUN
Meanings
- (idiomatic, uncountable) The nucleosynthesis process, in stars of greater than 8 solar mass that have exhausted their helium supply, in which carbon is converted to neon, sodium, magnesium and other elements.
- (uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: thermochemical oxidation of carbon.
Coordinates
hydrogen burning · silicon burning · oxygen burning · helium burning