The Sun generates most of its light through a series ofnuclear reactions called

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The Sun generates most of its light through a series ofnuclear reactions called the proton-proton chain. The overallprocess of these nuclear reactions can be summarized as4 1H 2He + 2 + 2 + 2"?"where is a small neutral particle called a neutrino, and is a photon (a particle of light), which is alsoneutral. The pre-subscripts on the element symbols H (hydrogen) andHe (helium) indicate the number of protons in the nucleus of eachelement. What is the charge of the unknown entity "?" ?
The Sun generates most of its light through a series ofnuclear reactions called the proton-proton chain. The overallprocess of these nuclear reactions can be summarized as4 1H 2He + 2 + 2 + 2"?"where is a small neutral particle called a neutrino, and is a photon (a particle of light), which is alsoneutral. The pre-subscripts on the element symbols H (hydrogen) andHe (helium) indicate the number of protons in the nucleus of eachelement. What is the charge of the unknown entity "?" ?

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The unknown particle is positron i.e., positive electron. So, charge of the unknown entity = + 1 e where e = magnitude of charge of electron              = 1.6 * 10 ^ -19 C

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