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Wondering where the strontium in your old CRT monitor came from? Two colliding neutron stars show us

chasil

Re: An awesome 10th of a gram...

This is incorrect.

The S-Process follows a completely different pathway, and is mentioned in the article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-process

What is discussed in the subject of neutron star collisions is the R-Process.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-process

Proton capture is another pathway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-process

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