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If an element is used up by a star in fusion, it is often referred to as "burning" even though actual combustion occurs. Which of the following process is likely to involve "carbon burning"?

A. alpha ladder
B. triple alpha process
C. CNO cycle
D. r-process​

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Carbon-burning process

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"Carbon burning" redirects here. For the chemistry of burning carbon compounds, see combustion.

The carbon-burning process or carbon fusion is a set of nuclear fusion reactions that take place in the cores of massive stars (at least 8 {\displaystyle {\begin{smallmatrix}M_{\odot }\end{smallmatrix}}}{\begin{smallmatrix}M_{\odot }\end{smallmatrix}} at birth) that combines carbon into other elements. It requires high temperatures (> 5×108 K or 50 keV) and densities (> 3×109 kg/m3).[1]

These figures for temperature and density are only a guide. More massive stars burn their nuclear fuel more quickly, since they have to offset greater gravitational forces to stay in (approximate) hydrostatic equilibrium. That generally means higher temperatures, although lower densities, than for less massive stars.[2] To get the right figures for a particular mass, and a particular stage of evolution, it is necessary to use a numerical stellar model computed with computer algorithms.[3] Such models are continually being refined based on nuclear physics experiments (which measure nuclear reaction rates) and astronomical observations (which include direct observation of mass loss, detection of nuclear products from spectrum observations after convection zones develop from the surface to fusion-burning regions – known as dredge-up events – and so bring nuclear products to the surface, and many other observations relevant to models).[

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