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Oxygen burning process

The oxygen burning process is a nuclear fusion reaction that occurs in massive stars that have used up the lighter elements in their cores. It only occurs at ?×108K.

16O + 16O
   
32S + &gamma
   
31S + n
   
31P + 1H
   
28Si + 4He
   
24Mg + 24He