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silicon-burning process

nuclear fusion reaction sequence in stars of about 8–11 solar masses or more, starting with ²⁸Si+⁴He→³²S
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silicon-burning process

Summary

silicon-burning process ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • silicon is named after silicon-burning process[2].
  • silicon-burning process's subclass of is recorded as nuclear fusion[3].
  • silicon-burning process's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01fwq8[4].
  • silicon-burning process's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1457[5].
  • silicon-burning process's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 163600622[6].

Why It Matters

silicon-burning process ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_silicon-burning-process_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{silicon-burning process}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/silicon-burning-process}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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