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Charise wrote: "I am not certain what folder this applies to but...My students and I are in the midst of explorng stellar evolution and they asked me a question that I am not certain of the answer: When stars fus..."
It is my understanding that in normal stars like our sun the iron would be in a normal state. However, if a star larger than our sun explodes in a supernova, all remaining matter would be neutrons in very dense state, or if its mass is greater still it would turn into a black hole. Either way, the iron would be blasted into space.
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My students and I are in the midst of explorng stellar evolution and they asked me a question that I am not certain of the answer: When stars fuse iron in the core - what state of matter is the iron? Is there ever a solid iron core in a star?