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Why can't stars fuse Iron?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Why Can't Stars Fuse Iron Together?

The reason why stars can't fuse iron is because stars are so hot that iron essentially evaporates into something else. It's the electromagnetic forces rejecting any additional positively charged protons coming in and there needs to be more neutrons than that. Some of them are sort of close to being correct or in the right direction, other ones are pretty much dead wrong but they're entertaining speculation nonetheless.

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