The isotopic composition of uranium and lead in Allende inclusions and meteoritic phosphates

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Carbonaceous Meteorites, Inclusions, Lead Isotopes, Meteoritic Composition, Uranium Isotopes, Abundance, Aluminum, Calcium, Isotopic Labeling, Phosphates, St. Severin Meteorite, Angra Dos Reis Meteorite, Meteorites, Isotopes, Composition, Uranium, Lead, Allende Meteorite, Inclusions, Phosphates, Whitlockite, Achondrites, Isotopic Ratios, Fun, Abundance, Thorium, Fractionation, Samples, Experiments, Procedure, Anomalies, Grains, Analysis, Mass Spectrometry, Comparisons, Curium

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The isotopic compositions of uranium and lead in Ca-Al-rich inclusions from the Allende chondrite and in whitlockite from the St. Severin chondrite and the Angra dos Reis achondrite are reported. Isoptopic analysis of acid soluble fractions of the Allende inclusions and the meteoritic whitlockite, which show isotopic anomalies in other elements, reveals U-235/U-238 ratios from 1/137.6 to 1/138.3, within 20 per mil of normal terrestrial U abundances. The Pb isotopic compositions of five coarse-grained Allende inclusions give a mean Pb-207/Pb-206 model age of 4.559 + or - 0.015 AE, in agreement with the U results. Pb isotope ratios of two fine-grained inclusions and a coarse-grained inclusion with strong mass fractionation and some nonlinear isotopic anomalies indicate that the U-Pb systems of these inclusions have evolved differently from the rest of Allende. Th/U abundance ratios in the Allende inclusions and meteoritic phosphate are found to range from 3.8 to 96, presumably indicating an optimal case for Cm/U fractionation, although the normal U concentrations do not support claims of abundant live Cm-247 or Cm-247/U-238 fractionation at the time of meteorite formation, in contrast to previous results. A limiting Cm-247/U-235 ratio of 0.004 at the time of meteorite formation is calculated which implies that the last major r process contribution at the protosolar nebula was approximately 100 million years prior to Al-26 formation and injection.

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