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What is the sun's interior composed of?

Answer 1

Piper Hoffman

Sun is in the state of plasma. The fourth state of matter.

Contents of Sun:

Hydrogen (#H_2#): #73.46%#
Helium (#He#): #24.85%#
Oxygen (#O_2#): #0.77%#
Carbon (#C#): #0.29%#

The fusion takes place in the interior core. See image.

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Answer 2

Emma Arguello

The main gases that make up the Sun's interior are hydrogen and helium.

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