Question

Write five nucleosynthetic reactions that create the products 12C, 16O, 24Mg, 32S, and 57Fe from only the following ingredients. Note the quantities include both reactants and products and each ingredient will be used only once. Include “energy” as either a product or reactant as appropriate. An example is provided below that illustrates the reaction for how the product helium-4 can be made from ingredients 4 hydrogen-1, 1 helium-4, 2 electrons and 1 energy is shown in red. (5 pts)

4 (1H) ------> 4He + 2 electrons + energy

3 hydrogen-1 (1H)

4 helium-4 (4He)

4 carbon-12 (12C)

3 oxygen-16 (16O)

1 magnesium-24 (24Mg)

1 sulfur-32 (32S)

1 iron-56 (56Fe)

1 iron-57 (57Fe)

1 neutron

5 energy