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VANADIUM AND COPPER IN CHONDRITES
Author(s) -
Nichiporuk Walter,
Bingham Elizabeth
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1970.tb00097.x
Subject(s) - chondrite , enstatite , vanadium , meteorite , copper , carbonaceous chondrite , achondrite , mineralogy , chemistry , astrobiology , materials science , metallurgy , inorganic chemistry , physics
Emission spectrographic analyses for vanadium and copper in sixty‐seven chondritic meteorites including members from ordinary, carbonaceous, and enstatite chondrite groups give a total range of 41–84 ppm vanadium and a total range of 77–180 ppm copper. The respective average values are 61 ± 7 ppm and 115 ± 12 ppm. Detailed patterns of vanadium and copper distributions between different chondrite groups are discussed in light of recent mechanisms for chemical fractionations in meteorites