Question

Schramm and Turner highlighted the discrepancy between this element’s observed abundance in stars and the theoretical amount predicted by the Big Bang, which is known as this element’s cosmological“problem.” This element and helium-4 are produced in the PP II [p-p two] branch of the proton-proton chain. T Tauri stars exhibit strong absorption lines of this element. The presence of deuterium and this element is often used to distinguish brown dwarves from (*) low-mass stars. An isotope of this element is the heaviest stable product of Big Bang (-5[1])nucleosynthesis. (-5[1])This is the lightest element whose abundance contributes to a quantity that distinguishes Population I (10[1])and II stars and is denoted Z. In stars, this element is depleted by fusing with a proton to form unstable beryllium-8. For 10 points, name this lightest (10[1])metal. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: lithium [or Li; accept lithium burning; accept cosmological lithium problem]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLBelmont86-5
Daniel GuoUSN AGeorgia Tech A87-5
Kevin ParkClaremontGeorgia Tech B10210
Noah ThackerVanderbilt AMTSU13010
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AUSN A13110
Brady PinterBelmontWUSTL13210

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y5100%0%60%118.60
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%50%109.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%0%50%123.75
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y683%0%67%120.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%0%128.00