Timeline for In fusion inside stars (sun) or very hot gasses, how do the electrons get bound and what about tritons and $D$-$T$ vs $D$-$D$ fusion?
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| Mar 5, 2021 at 2:51 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 3, 2020 at 16:36 | vote | accept | qeuntinz | ||
| Mar 29, 2020 at 16:25 | answer | added | PM 2Ring | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 29, 2020 at 16:03 | comment | added | PM 2Ring | Your question covers a lot of territory! We prefer questions that are more sharply focused, but I'll post an answer shortly that addresses some of your concerns. | |
| Mar 29, 2020 at 15:58 | comment | added | qeuntinz | Many thanks. Shows that sometimes asking a question early is the better idea (I took some time looking for an answer). | |
| Mar 29, 2020 at 15:46 | history | edited | qeuntinz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 29, 2020 at 15:45 | comment | added | PM 2Ring | Yes, that's correct. There are only bare nuclei, no neutral atoms. But I suppose you could call them fully ionised atoms. Sure, that Wikipedia article doesn't completely answer your questions, but IMHO it's a good reference which may clarify a few things for you. | |
| Mar 29, 2020 at 15:43 | history | edited | qeuntinz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 29, 2020 at 15:36 | comment | added | qeuntinz | I did read that reference and it doesn't answer my questions. Are you saying that both before and after fusion (all of them) there are no electrons bound to any nuclei, i.e. there are only nuclei and all texts effectively abuse notation when they talk of "Helium-3" or "Helium-4" or "Hydrogen" etc? No atoms? | |
| Mar 29, 2020 at 15:28 | comment | added | PM 2Ring | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton%E2%80%93proton_chain_reaction is quite good. Yes, you're right, it's too hot in the core (and most of the Sun) for electrons to bind to nuclei, so when texts talk about atoms in the core they are being a bit loose with the language. | |
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| Mar 29, 2020 at 15:20 | history | asked | qeuntinz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |