Editing Carbon-burning process (section)

==Fusion reactions==
The principal reactions are:<ref name="Camiel1992">{{cite book|last=de Loore|first=Camiel W. H.|author2=C. Doom |title=Structure and evolution of single and binary stars|editor=Camiel W. H. de Loore|series=Astrophysics and Space Science Library|year=1992|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-7923-1768-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJgNIi0vkeYC|pages=95–97}}</ref>
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	C-12 + C-12 -> Ne-20 + He (+ 4.617 MeV)
	C-12 + C-12 -> Na-23 + H (+ 2.241 MeV)
	C-12 + C-12 -> Mg-23 + n (− 2.599 MeV)

	99 Alternatively:
	C-12 + C-12 -> Mg-24 + y (+ 13.933 MeV)
	C-12 + C-12 -> O-16 + 2 He 2 (− 0.113 MeV)

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||[[Carbon-12|{{nuclide|carbon|12}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||[[Carbon-12|{{nuclide|carbon|12}}]]&nbsp;||→&nbsp;||[[Neon-20|{{nuclide|neon|20}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||[[Helium|{{nuclide|helium|4}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||4.617&nbsp;[[electronvolt|MeV]]
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|[[Carbon-12|{{nuclide|carbon|12}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||[[Carbon-12|{{nuclide|carbon|12}}]]&nbsp;||→&nbsp;||[[Sodium-23|{{nuclide|sodium|23}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||[[Hydrogen|{{nuclide|hydrogen|1}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||2.241&nbsp;[[electronvolt|MeV]]
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|[[Carbon-12|{{nuclide|carbon|12}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||[[Carbon-12|{{nuclide|carbon|12}}]]&nbsp;||→&nbsp;||[[Magnesium-23|{{nuclide|magnesium|23}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||<sup>1</sup>[[Neutron|n]]&nbsp;||−&nbsp;||2.599&nbsp;[[electronvolt|MeV]]
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|colspan=99|Alternatively:
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|[[Carbon-12|{{nuclide|carbon|12}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||[[Carbon-12|{{nuclide|carbon|12}}]]&nbsp;||→&nbsp;||[[Magnesium-24|{{nuclide|magnesium|24}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||{{SubatomicParticle|link=yes|Gamma}}&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||13.933&nbsp;[[electronvolt|MeV]]
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|[[Carbon-12|{{nuclide|carbon|12}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||[[Carbon-12|{{nuclide|carbon|12}}]]&nbsp;||→&nbsp;||[[Oxygen-16|{{nuclide|oxygen|16}}]]&nbsp;||+&nbsp;||2&nbsp;[[Helium|{{nuclide|helium|4}}]]&nbsp;||colspan=2|−&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0.113&nbsp;[[electronvolt|MeV]]
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