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Mineral equilibrium in fractionated nebular systemsWe investigated the equilibrium mineral assemblages in chemically fractionated nebular systems, using a computer routine that finds the set of minerals and gases which minimizes the Gibbs free energy of a system with stipulated elemental abundances. Diagrams are presented showing the equilibrium mineralogy, as a function of temperature (400-2300 K), for unfractionated solar material and five fractionated systems. The fractionated systems were defined by mixing, in various proportions, the following four volatility components that solar material can be divided into: refractory dust, carbonaceous matter, ices, and H2 gas. Dust enrichment is seen to increase temperatures of condensation/evaporation and the Fe(2+) content of mafic minerals and to permit existence of stable melt phases. Enrichment of dust and organic matter produces mineral assemblages that are similar in many ways to those of enstatite chondrites, but with mafic minerals that are far more reduced than those in primitive enstatite chondrites. Enrichment of dust, organics, and ices leads to highly ferrous mineralogies even at the highest temperatures but does not predict the stability of hydrous phases above about 450 K.
Document ID
19930060253
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Wood, John A.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Hashimoto, Akihiko
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume: 57
Issue: 10
ISSN: 0016-7037
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
93A44250
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-28
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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