Stellar combustion

This inequality corresponds to the circumstance that stars bum gaseous matter at a positive rate. The energy production by stellar combustion is not accounted for by our model. It is noteworthy that if s(t) is positive at a fixed time, it will be bounded in the positive axis for all times. We can prove this statement by noting that all time derivatives of s vanish when s vanishes. Indeed, if s(/o) = 0 at I => Io> ( o) = 0- From Eq. (5.2) we also write down a general expression for the nth derivative ... 

Fig. 5.4. Schematic evolution of the internal structure of a star with 25 times the mass of the Sun. The figure shows the various combustion phases (shaded) and their main products. Between two combustion phases, the stellar core contracts and the central temperature rises. Combustion phases grow ever shorter. Before the explosion, the star has assumed a shell-like structure. The centre is occupied by iron and the outer layer by hydrogen, whilst intermediate elements are located between them. CoUapse followed by rebound from the core generates a shock wave that reignites nuclear reactions in the depths and propels the layers it traverses out into space. The collapsed core cools by neutrino emission to become a neutron star or even a black hole. Most of the gravitational energy liberated by implosion of the core (some 10 erg) is released in about 10 seconds in the form of neutrinos. (Courtesy of Marcel Amould, Universite Libre, Brussels.)...

Carbon monoxide is a constituent of stellar atmospheres and the solar chromosphere as well as being a product of the combustion of hydrocarbons and other organic compounds. Its spectroscopy has, therefore, been extensively Investigated. 

Even with factor of 10 volume increases, the energy is less than 1% of that offered by combustion of 1.00 mole of CH4. Clearly, molecules and their reactions are stellar resources when it comes to work and heat. Further, standard tables of Gj, and S" (plan A) and bond dissociation energies (plan B) provide state descriptors that burrow deeper than p, V, and other macroscopic functions. 

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