UNIVERSE LL W/SAPLINGPLUS MULTI SEMESTER
UNIVERSE LL W/SAPLINGPLUS MULTI SEMESTER
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The reason behind the fact that 1 kg of hydrogen combines to form helium in the proton-proton chain, but only 0.007 kg (0.7%) of hydrogen is available to be converted into energy.

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