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When the core of a protostar reaches 10 million degrees Kelvin, the pressure is so great that the nuclear fusion of which gas begins?

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hydroxide

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hydrogen

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heliogen

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hydrogate

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Solution

The correct option is B hydrogen
A star's composition is mostly made of gases of which hydrogen and helium forms the most largest component of it. Hydrogen being the lightest element will get fused to helium

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