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    The protonproton chain, also commonly referred to as the p–p chain, is one of two known sets of nuclear fusion reactions by which stars convert hydrogen...
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    of a proton. Physics portal Fermionic field Hydrogen Hydron (chemistry) List of particles Protonproton chain Quark model Proton spin crisis Proton therapy...
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  • A proton pump is an integral membrane protein pump that builds up a proton gradient across a biological membrane. Proton pumps catalyze the following reaction:...
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    Proton emission (also known as proton radioactivity) is a rare type of radioactive decay in which a proton is ejected from a nucleus. Proton emission can...
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    Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (proton NMR, hydrogen-1 NMR, or 1H NMR) is the application of nuclear magnetic resonance in NMR spectroscopy with respect...
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    believed to be the sources of energy in stars. The first one, the protonproton chain reaction, is the dominant energy source in stars with masses up to...
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    The neutron–proton ratio (N/Z ratio or nuclear ratio) of an atomic nucleus is the ratio of its number of neutrons to its number of protons. Among stable...
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    the protons H+ move without a counterion, such as chloride Cl−). In most cases the proton-motive force is generated by an electron transport chain which...
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    The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is a particle accelerator of the synchrotron type at CERN. It is housed in a circular tunnel, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi)...
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    reactions by which stars convert hydrogen to helium, the other being the protonproton chain reaction (p–p cycle), which is more efficient at the Sun's core temperature...
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    entering the chain, ten protons translocate into the IMS. The result is an electric potential of more than 200 mV. The resulting flux of protons back into...
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    hydrogen nuclei may eventually result in one helium nucleus: the protonproton chain reaction – which is responsible for most of the Sun's released energy...
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    figure titled "Solar neutrinos (protonproton chain) in the standard solar model", the deuteron will fuse with another proton to create a 3He nucleus and...
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  • transfer with the transfer of protons (H+ ions) across a membrane. Many of the enzymes in the electron transport chain are embedded within the membrane...
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    mass slightly greater than that of a proton. Protons and neutrons constitute the nuclei of atoms. Since protons and neutrons behave similarly within the...
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    An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. hydrogen ion, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with...
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  • deuterium nucleus and a proton combine to form a helium-3 nucleus. It occurs as the second stage of the protonproton chain reaction, in which a deuterium...
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    600 million tons of hydrogen into helium in a process known as the protonproton chain (4 hydrogens form 1 helium), converting about 4 million tons of matter...
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  • Intermediate in the protonproton chain reaction Produced during Big Bang nucleosynthesis This and 1 H are the only stable nuclides with more protons than neutrons...
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  • = 3.014932246932(74) Da.‍ Helions are intermediate products in the protonproton chain reaction in stellar fusion. An antihelion is the antiparticle of...
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  • likely than two-body interactions. The protons produced by the second reaction can take part in the protonproton chain reaction, or the CNO cycle, but they...
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  • composition, by converting hydrogen nuclei into helium nuclei by the protonproton chain and (to a lesser extent in the Sun than in more massive stars) the...
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    The Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) is the first and smallest circular proton accelerator (a synchrotron) in the accelerator chain at the CERN injection...
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    neutron transforms it into a proton by the emission of an electron accompanied by an antineutrino; or, conversely a proton is converted into a neutron...
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  • (p–p) amplitude of a signal Polypropylene, a common plastic polymer Protonproton chain, in nuclear physics and astronomy p.p., Per procurationem, when signing...
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    created inside stars during a series of fusion stages, such as the protonproton chain, the CNO cycle and the triple-alpha process. Progressively heavier...
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    aneutronic reactions release energy in the form of charged particles, typically protons or alpha particles. Successful aneutronic fusion would greatly reduce problems...
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    to the positive P-side through the proton-pumping enzymes of the electron transport chain. The movement of protons creates an electrochemical gradient...
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    PSI[citation needed] to pump protons from the stroma to the lumen. The resulting proton gradient across the thylakoid membrane creates a proton-motive force, used...
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    a self-perpetuating nuclear chain reaction, spontaneously producing new isotopes and power without the need for protons or an accelerator. Szilárd, however...
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