Multiple Choice
An iron core cannot support a star because
A) iron supplies too much pressure.
B) iron is in the form of a gas, not a solid, in the center of a star.
C) iron cannot fuse with other nuclei to produce energy.
D) iron has poor nuclear binding energy.
E) iron is the heaviest element, and sinks upon differentiation.
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