Aug 1974
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974gecoa..38.1201m&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 38, Issue 8, pp.1201-1204
Physics
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Scientific paper
Tucson is an unusual iron meteorite which contains highly reduced silicate inclusions and elemental silicon and chromium in solution. The metal matrix of Tucson was found to be chemically uniform, suggesting that homogenization has occurred at elevated temperatures. The microstructure of the metal consists of plessite and thin ribbons of kamacite. Nickel and phosphorus concentrations indicate that kamacite nucleated along prior taenite grain boundaries at ~650°C, and grew upon cooling to 500°C. Kamacite growth calculations show that Tucson cooled at ~1°C/1000 yr, a rate which corresponds to a depth of burial at the center of a 15 km radius parent body or closer to the surface of parent bodies of larger sizes. The shapes of the Tucson irons, and the presence and distribution of silicate inclusions in the Fe-Ni matrix appear to be a result of a solidification process.
Goldstein Joseph I.
Miyake Gary T.
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