During the first moments of the big bang,nuclear fusion reactions made few heavy elements because
A) all heavy nuclei are unstable.
B) no stable nuclei exist with masses of 5 or 8 hydrogen masses.
C) the helium nucleus was unstable.
D) the temperature and density were too low.
E) no nuclei heavier than helium could form since there weren't any electrons formed.
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