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Packet 2: Bonus 7

The spectra of highly ionized atoms of this element were mistaken to be a new element in the Sun’s corona. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this element that indicates the end of heavy-element fusion for massive stars. The r and s processes are responsible for producing elements heavier than this element.
ANSWER: iron [or Fe]
[10e] The r and s processes are named for the rapid and slow capture of these particles respectively. Isotopes of the same element only differ in the number of these particles.
ANSWER: neutrons
[10h] The core-collapse mechanism begins when gravity overcomes this quantity in a massive star. In neutron stars, a quantum-mechanical form of this quantity arises from the Pauli exclusion principle.
ANSWER: pressure [or neutron degeneracy pressure]
<Science - Other, Aatreyo Bhattacharyya> | VAULT II Packet 02

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4519.3391%62%40%

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Heauton TimorumenosBig Brown Ballers10101030MEH
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓623.33100%67%67%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓310.00100%0%0%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓313.3367%33%33%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓415.0075%75%0%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓524.0080%80%80%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓326.67100%100%67%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓422.50100%75%50%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓417.50100%50%25%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓518.0080%60%40%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓818.75100%63%25%