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32.5 Exercise 21

Avg difficulty 2.5

Verify that the total number of nucleons, total charge, and electron family number are conserved for each of the fusion reactions in the carbon cycle given in the above problem. (List the value of each of the conserved quantities before and after each of the reactions.)

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 32.5 Fusion, exercise 21

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