Timeline for What could make a star green?
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| Dec 14, 2016 at 23:28 | comment | added | SRM | Huh. I never thought about that. You're right. It's one of those things I discovered as a kid and never mentally updated for adult chemistry knowledge! | |
| Dec 14, 2016 at 22:28 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | @SRM "Copper burns green" brings us back to needing oxygen, since that's what "burning" is. And if we already have the oxygen, we don't need copper for green. | |
| Dec 13, 2016 at 4:45 | comment | added | SRM | Copper burns green. Is there any way to introduce a helluvalot of copper into a star? Say, ejection from a supernova (which is where all heavier elements originate) into another smaller star? | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 18:45 | comment | added | wizzwizz4 | You could use ionised oxygen... but I see another answer's already covered that. | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 15:27 | history | answered | kingledion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |