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What metals are produced in Super Novae?
I know gold and silver are produced, but are there any others?
3 Answers
- Daniel CLv 48 years ago
Pretty much all of them. There is such intense heat and pressure that all sorts of nuclear reactions can take place. The major process though is the silicon burning process in which helium nuclei get added to bigger and bigger elements, so there are lots of elements with a number of nucleons that is a multiple of 4. The supernova occurs when the major reaction becomes helium being added to nickel-56 to make zinc-60. This removes energy from the core which leads to its collapse. The remaining nickel-56 decays in the days after the supernova to iron-56, explaining why it is the most abundant metal here on earth.
- Anonymous8 years ago
All of them. All heavy elements are created in a Super Nova.