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Old 22-02-2015, 03:04 PM
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Mike, et al,
When the WR star blasts away their final hydrogen shell (velocities >2000 km/s) the chemical consistency of the subsequent shell material is:
Hydrogen/ Helium 98.5%
Nitrogen 0.1%
Carbon 0.35%
Oxygen 1%

See Section 6.3 of the following document for even further detail.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bi...6A...305..229G
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