Consider a star has the same central conditions as our Sun: - assuming that the core...

Consider a star has the same central conditions as our Sun:

- assuming that the core is comprised of hydrogen, what is the extent of ionisation in the core due to the temperature?

- sometimes an approximation is made that the entire core of the star is entirely ionised, comment on the validity of this assumption.?

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