Convection zone
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title:
Convection zone
text:
A convection zone, convective zone or convective region of a star is a layer which is unstable due to convection. Energy is primarily or partially transported by convection in such a region. In a radiation zone, energy is transported by radiation and conduction. Stellar convection consists of mass movement of plasma within the star which usually forms a circular convection current with the heated plasma ascending and the cooled plasma descending. The Schwarzschild criterion expresses the conditi
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description:
Region of a star which is unstable due to convection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convection_zone
date created:
2004-12-03T00:54:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T22:35:19Z
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