This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer
« previous next »

Author Question: What element are white dwarfs made of? Why? What will be an ideal ... (Read 40 times)

bobypop

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 539
on: Jul 27, 2018
What element are white dwarfs made of? Why?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Identify the falsiable statement below.
 
  A) President Kennedy's murder was orchestrated by an undetectable shadow government of the United States.
  B) The Sun is at the center of the solar system.
  C) The laws of nature are magnicent and beautiful.
  D) The universe was created by God.


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

dmurph1496

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 343
Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

White dwarfs consist mainly of carbon, the product of the triple alpha process. Its gravitational contraction is not sufficient to make the 600 million K needed to fuse two carbon nuclei.

Answer to Question 2

B


bobypop

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 539
Reply #2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


dmurph1496

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 343
Reply #3 on: Jul 27, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


« previous next »
 

Did you know?

Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.

Did you know?

Symptoms of kidney problems include a loss of appetite, back pain (which may be sudden and intense), chills, abdominal pain, fluid retention, nausea, the urge to urinate, vomiting, and fever.

Did you know?

About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.

Did you know?

Asthma occurs in one in 11 children and in one in 12 adults. African Americans and Latinos have a higher risk for developing asthma than other groups.

Did you know?

Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.

A blood smear. The smear reveals representative cells from each formed element group: red blood cell A blood smear. The smear reveals representative cells from each formed element group: red blood cell
Beautiful white Lion in Easter Cape, South Africa Beautiful white Lion in Easter Cape, South Africa
White Vulture White Vulture
Mercury Element Mercury Element
Which of the following reactions correctly shows the transmutation of an element by neutron ... Which of the following reactions correctly shows the transmutation of an element by neutron ...
Video: Molecules, Membrane Permeability and Structure

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library