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Table 1: Selected features of the evolution of massive intermediate-mass stars prior to carbon ignition. The quantities shown are: the maximum extent of the convective core during the central hydrogen ( $M_{\rm HB}$ ) and helium ( $M_{\rm HeB}$ ) burning phases, the mass coordinate of the base of the convective envelope at its deepest extent during the first dredge-up ( $M_{\rm 1DUP}$ ), the mass of the CO core at carbon ignition ( $M_{\rm COi}$ ), the durations of central hydrogen ( $\Delta t_{\rm HB}$ ) and helium ( $\Delta t_{\rm HeB}$ ) burning phases, the time elapsed between the end of central helium burning and carbon ignition ( $\Delta t_{\rm HeB-CB}$ ) and the central $^{12}{\rm {C}}$ and $^{16}{\rm {O}}$ mass fractions at the end of He core burning. Masses are in solar unit ( $M_{\odot }$ ), times in years (yr). $M_{\rm COi}$ is defined as the mass coordinate of maximum nuclear energy production in the He burning shell.
Table 2: Surface abundances mass fractions at the end of the first dredge-up.
Table 3: Selected properties of the convective carbon burning zones as a function of the initial stellar mass. The superscripts 1 and 2 refer to the flash and flame, respectively. The quantities shown are the time (t) when convection sets in, the radius ( $r_{\rm C}$ ) and mass ( $m_{\rm C}$ ) coordinates where it develops, the duration $\Delta t$ of the convective episode, the maximum carbon luminosity $L_{\rm C}$ , the mass covered by the instability ( $\Delta m_{\rm max}$ ) and, at the time of peak luminosity, the carbon mass fraction ( $\rm ^{12}C_{max}$ ) in the convective zone.
Table 4: Surface abundances mass fractions at the end of the second dredge-up.
Table 5: At the end of the carbon burning phase, stellar mass ( $M_{\rm AGB}$ ) and masses of the NeO ( $M_{\rm NeO}$ ) and CO cores ( $M_{\rm CO}$ ), defined as the mass coordinate where $Y({}^{20}{\rm {Ne}})=Y({}^{12}{\rm {C}})$ and $Y({}^{4}{\rm {He}})=Y({}^{12}{\rm {C}})$ respectively, as a function of the initial mass $M_{\rm ini}$ . $M_{\rm 2DUP}$ corresponds to the mass coordinate of the deepest extent of the envelope during the second dredge-up.