Osmium isotope evidence for uniform distribution of s- and r-process components in the early solar system

Details Osmium isotope evidence for uniform distribution of s- and r-process components in the early solar system Osmium isotope evidence for uniform distribution of s- and r-process components in the early solar system

Jul 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007e%26psl.259..567y&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 259, Issue 3-4, p. 567-580.

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We have precisely measured Os isotopic ratios in bulk samples of five carbonaceous, two enstatite and two ordinary chondrites, as well as the acid-resistant residues of three carbonaceous chondrites. All bulk meteorite samples have uniform 186Os/188Os, 188Os/189Os and 190Os/189Os ratios, when decomposed by an alkaline fusion total digestion technique. These ratios are also identical to estimates for Os in the bulk silicate Earth. Despite Os isotopic homogeneity at the bulk meteorite scale, acid insoluble residues of three carbonaceous chondrites are enriched in 186Os, 188Os and 190Os, isotopes with major contributions from stellar s-process nucleosynthesis. Conversely, these isotopes are depleted in acid soluble portions of the same meteorites. The complementary enriched and depleted fractions indicate the presence of at least two types of Os-rich components in these meteorites, one enriched in Os isotopes produced by s-process nucleosynthesis, the other enriched in isotopes produced by the r-process. Presolar silicon carbide is the most probable host for the s-process-enriched Os present in the acid insoluble residues. Because the enriched and depleted components present in these meteorites are combined in proportions resulting in a uniform chondritic/terrestrial composition, it requires that disparate components were thoroughly mixed within the solar nebula at the time of the initiation of planetesimal accretion. This conclusion contrasts with evidence from the isotopic compositions of some other elements (e.g., Sm, Nd, Ru, Mo) that suggests heterogeneous distribution of matter with disparate nucleosynthetic sources within the nebula.

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