Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science Submitted by AutoModerator t3_11f5wzd on March 1, 2023 at 3:00 PM in askscience 95 comments 54
n4g_fit t1_jaieu3m wrote on March 1, 2023 at 5:41 PM Is a dying star the only known source for iron to be made? Permalink 1 mfb- t1_jal5sed wrote on March 2, 2023 at 5:13 AM You can also produce it with accelerators on Earth (far too expensive to make it interesting commercially) and traces will be produced in natural high energy collisions (but some iron nuclei will be destroyed by these, too). Permalink Parent 2 n4g_fit t1_jalur7z wrote on March 2, 2023 at 10:31 AM Very cool! Thank you! Permalink Parent 2
mfb- t1_jal5sed wrote on March 2, 2023 at 5:13 AM You can also produce it with accelerators on Earth (far too expensive to make it interesting commercially) and traces will be produced in natural high energy collisions (but some iron nuclei will be destroyed by these, too). Permalink Parent 2 n4g_fit t1_jalur7z wrote on March 2, 2023 at 10:31 AM Very cool! Thank you! Permalink Parent 2
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