Where do the chemical elements come from?

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What are the 3 subatomic particles?
Protons, neutrons electrons
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What is the mass and charge of a proton?
m=1 c=+1
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What is the mass and charge of an electron?
m=0.00055 c=-1
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What is the mass and charge of a neutron?
m=1 c=0
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What is an isotope?
Atoms with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
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What is mass spectrometry?
A method to measure the atomic/molecular masses in a sample. This can be used to find the abundancie in the sample.
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What is nuclear fusion?
When 2 light atomic nuclei fuse to create a single, heavier nucleus.
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Why is it difficult to do neuclear fusion on earth?
Extreamly high pressures and temperatures are needed. The perfect conditions can be found in the sun.
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