To predict whether a star will eventually fuse oxygen into a heavier element, what do you need to know about the star?

A) its mass
B) its luminosity
C) how much oxygen it now has in its core
D) its overall abundance of elements heavier than helium


A) its mass

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a. starts the loop rotating. b. holds the loop steady. c. allows the motor to run on alternating current from a standard wall socket. d. keeps the current flowing in the same direction through the coil. e. reverses the direction of electric current through the coil.

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Edge dislocations whose tangent and Burger’s vector are not on a most closely packed plane are _________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Determine the heat transfer per unit area for pool boiling water at 200 kPa and where the surface temperature of the container is 135º C. Compare results using Equation 10-4 to those using Equation 10-6. Assume a surface tension of 45 mN/m for water at 200 kPa.

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The Sketch mobile app is an example of illustration software.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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