Chapter 33, Problem 12TE

Solution

To determine: Whether the abundance for the heavy metals in old stars or new stars.

Answer:

The heavy metals are more abundant in old stars.

Explanation:

The hydrogen nuclei are fuse together to form the heavy metals. The hydrogen present in the old stars got more time to produce heavy metal in comparison to the hydrogen present in the new stars.

The old starts have a lot of heavy metals because it lives more time than the new star and hence has more number of fusion processes occurred over it.

Conclusion:

Therefore, the heavy metals are more abundant in old stars.