METEORITIC SILICON-CARBIDE - PRISTINE MATERIAL FROM CARBON STARS

被引:143
作者
LEWIS, RS [1 ]
AMARI, S [1 ]
ANDERS, E [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CHICAGO, DEPT CHEM, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
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10.1038/348293a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
All five noble gases in interstellar silicon carbide grains have grossly non-solar isotopic and elemental abundances that vary with grain size but are strikingly similar to calculated values for the helium-burning shell of low-mass carbon stars. Apparently these grains formed in carbon-star envelopes, and were impregnated with noble gas ions from a stellar wind. Meteoritic SiC provides a detailed record of nuclear and chemical processes in carbon stars. © 1990 Nature Publishing Group.
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