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>> "The Moron" aol.com> wrote in message
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>>> Can someone show me how can I calculate the minimum mass a Hg sphere
>>> must have
>>> in space in order to start fusion at its core by its own gravity?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> --

>>
>> What the others haven't explicitly stated is that the binding energy
>> per nucleon for elements is the least for iron. This means that if
>> you try to fuse elements heavier than iron they will absorb energy
>> rather than emit energy.

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>> "OG" gwynnefamily.org.uk> wrote in
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> You're clueless, but you don't even know it. ?;( Electron degeneracy
> pressure causes the rebound, because an electron degeneracy threshhold
> exists in all possible cases for the final state of the star - white
> dwarf, neutron star or black hole. In the former case, the boundary
> is not crossed, while in the latter two cases, even though the
> boundary is crossed, there is still a enormous resistence impulse,
> sufficient to trigger the rebound required for trans-ferric
> nuceleosynthesis. Think of it an a gigantic, inelastic collision. :b

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>>>> "The Moron" aol.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> Can someone show me how can I calculate the minimum mass a Hg
>>>>> sphere must have
>>>>> in space in order to start fusion at its core by its own gravity?
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>> -- ...