Etymology

LiBeB process

Today it means: Any nucleosynthesis process, the details of which are unclear, that accounts for the light elements lithium, beryllium and boron which cannot survive in stellar interiors because they are destroyed by proton capture. Full definition →

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From the chemical symbols Li, Be, B.

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