{"id":85601,"date":"2020-07-27T20:01:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T14:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=17081"},"modified":"2020-07-27T20:01:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T14:31:13","slug":"sun-like-stars-hold-key-for-li-increase-in-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sun-like-stars-hold-key-for-li-increase-in-the-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun like stars hold key for Li increase in the Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics(IIA) have provided evidence for the first time that Lithium(Li) production is common among low mass Sun-like stars during their Helium (He) core burning phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>About the Study: <\/strong>Scientists performed a large-scale systematic investigation of the \u2018He-flash\u2019 (on-set of He-ignition at the star&#8217;s core via violent eruption) at the end of the star\u2019s core hydrogen-burning phase.<\/li><li><strong>Outcome of Study: <\/strong>He-flash has been identified as the source of Li production suggesting that all low-mass stars undergo Li production.<ul><li>Our Sun will reach this phase in about 6-7 billion years and will manufacture Li.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Significance of the study: <\/strong>The study challenges the long-held idea that stars only destroy lithium and indicates that there is some physical process missing in stellar theory.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Lithium(Li): <\/strong>The origin of much of the Lithium can be traced to the Big-Bang that happened about 13.7 billion years ago.<ul><li>Over the course of time, Lithium content in the universe has increased by about a factor of four which is meagre compared to the rest of the elements which grew about a million times.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Usage of Lithium:&nbsp;<\/strong><ul><li>Lithium is a light inflammable metal which is mainly used in lithium-ion(Li-ion) batteries.<\/li><li>It is also used in mental health.Lithium carbonate is a common treatment of bipolar disorder helping to stabilize wild mood swings caused by the illness.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Lithium Triangle: <\/strong>It is a region of the Andes rich in lithium reserves around the borders of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile.The area is thought to hold around 54% of the world&#8217;s lithium reserves.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/BiAJdq8cJNEz4MBSLHERkKUDpp7L4kgXw_DWk6zwcaCkG2mGeo09MK7IPK65sU2B03MN29jr6sUm4Y1LJ1kukoOaQ0Bnw_OAvShO-SKBMExn7mtGgYrpyVpC7oGNDPRk5Xhvgg-H\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics(IIA) have provided evidence for the first time that Lithium(Li) production is common among low mass Sun-like stars during their Helium (He) core burning phase. Facts: About the Study: Scientists performed a large-scale systematic investigation of the \u2018He-flash\u2019 (on-set of He-ignition at the star&#8217;s core via violent eruption)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sun-like-stars-hold-key-for-li-increase-in-the-universe\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sun like stars hold key for Li increase in the Universe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2987,2988],"class_list":["post-85601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-lithium","tag-universe","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704727882},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}