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.
$M_{\rm ini}$ t1 r1C m1C $\Delta t^1$ LC1 $\Delta m_{\rm max}$ ${}^{12}{\rm {C}}^1_{\rm max}$ r2C m2C $\Delta t^2$ LC2 ${}^{12}{\rm {C}}_{\rm max}^2$
($M_{\odot }$) (107 yr) (km) ($M_{\odot }$) (yr) ($L_\odot$) ($M_{\odot }$)   (km) ($M_{\odot }$) (yr) ($L_\odot$)  
9.0 2.924195 4220 0.839 155 $1.8\times 10^8$ 0.239 0.286 4438 0.787 13341 $1.1\times 10^7$ 0.076
9.5 2.624847 4168 0.534 843 $1.5\times 10^7$ 0.457 0.268 4700 0.493 11584 $1.2\times 10^6$ 0.133
10.0 2.381100 4051 0.394 3227 $5.3\times 10^6$ 0.521 0.269 4461 0.341 7345 $6.5\times 10^5$ 0.116
10.5 2.176303 3678 0.249 6739 $2.3\times 10^6$ 0.559 0.281 3308 0.191 1651 $1.2\times 10^6$ 0.056
10.8 2.085476 2848 0.101 4670 $1.1\times 10^6$ 0.567 0.229 2560 0.065 598 $2.7\times 10^5$ 0.030
11.0 2.018353 2414 0.059 4737 $9.6\times 10^5$ 0.569 0.216 2045 0.032 413 $1.6\times 10^5$ 0.031
11.3 1.919836 1586 0.015 5011 $7.2\times 10^5$ 0.569 0.249          
11.5 1.870035 0 0.000 3720 $4.6\times 10^5$ 0.552 0.201          
12.0 1.736359 0 0.000 4610 $3.1\times 10^5$ 0.560 0.235          


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