ScienceActually · @scienceactually
24 followers · 79 posts · Server sfba.social
Supernova 2007bi was observed in 2007. One of the products of this supernova was nickel-56, synthesized during the explosion. Nickel of mass three times greater than our entire sun was made. Nickel-56 is radioactive, decaying to cobalt-56, which itself decays to stable iron-56.
#science #sciencefacts #supernova #nickel #solarmass #nickel56 #cobalt56 #iron56 #supernovae
#science #sciencefacts #supernova #Nickel #solarmass #nickel56 #cobalt56 #iron56 #supernovae
ScienceActually · @scienceactually
24 followers · 78 posts · Server sfba.social
Nickel helps make white gold white, and makes some people allergic to white gold.
#science #sciencefacts #whitegold #Nickel #nickelallergy