Also I'm pretty sure neutron star matter would probably drive a hole through the ground at such a high speed it would cause a massive explosion and mess with Earth's gravity field. Or something crazy like that. I'm no physicist.
gay-pants said: Also I'm pretty sure neutron star matter would probably drive a hole through the ground at such a high speed it would cause a massive explosion and mess with Earth's gravity field. Or something crazy like that. I'm no physicist.
A neutron star is a planet made out of diamond, thats what i remember (not sure it is true) .
Salem said: Carcass of old star core is iron. It seems to be the element where natural fusion process quits. It's from Silent Sinner in Blue.' One of the moon princess used that kind of rope to bind Yukari.
Hrywhoaranngnh said: A neutron star is a planet made out of diamond, thats what i remember (not sure it is true) .
That's wrong, a Neutron star is made out of "Neutron Degenerate Matter", and possibly "Quark Degenerate Matter" in its core, we aren't too sure on what exactly is in the core of neutron stars yet.
Neutron Degenerate Matter = Matter that has been compressed by gravity to the point that the Proton's and Electrons in its atoms have combined, turning into neutrons. The ONLY thing preventing the further collapse of the star into a Quark Star, or a Singularity, is the Degeneracy Pressure of the Neutrons. As you probably know, only stars significantly more massive then our own can create a neutron star when they die.
Salem said: Carcass of old star core is iron. It seems to be the element where natural fusion process quits.
A star of around our sun's mass will actually be unable to compress the carbon enough to cause carbon fusion, thus, the white dwarf a star of around 1.4 stellar masses, and below, will leave is almost pure carbon(pure carbon does not necessarily = diamond, for the record). Only stars significantly more massive than our own have the mass to cause carbon fusion, and the stages beyond that. Note, that in order to produce iron in the core of a star, it must be far more massive than our own sun, and the end result of said stars is a Supernova, leaving behind Either a neutron star/quark star, or a black hole.
Also, Iron is not the end of natural fusion, it is still possible to fuse iron and other heavier elements, its just that Iron is the point where the fusion reaction no longer releases energy, and instead consumes energy.
