Alpha process | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 23/06/2019

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The alpha process, also known as the alpha ladder, is one of two classes of nuclear fusion reactions by which stars convert helium into heavier elements, the other being the triple-alpha process. 
The triple-alpha process consumes only helium, and produces carbon.  After enough carbon has accumulated, the reactions below take place, all consuming only helium and the product of the previous reaction.

  
    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                  
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