soreff comments on Hug the Query - Less Wrong

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Comment author: soreff 24 November 2011 06:22:59PM 1 point [-]

Yes, breaking up He-4 is very endothermic. There is a triple alpha process, which was too slow to proceed much in the big bang, which converts 3 He-4 -> C-12 and is exothermic.