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What is the net loss of hydrogen for each full cycle of the proton proton chain? Explain

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Answer: In a full cycle of proton proton chain reaction, a helium nucleus is formed by the four hydrogen nuclei and a huge amount of energy nearly 0.7 percent of the original mass is lost.

Explanation: The Sun gets its energy when hydrogen nuclei are fused together to form helium nuclei within the solar core. This hydrogen burning is described by a sequence of nuclear fusion reactions called the proton-proton chain. Overall, this chain successively fuses four protons together to make one helium nucleus.

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