Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994metic..29..553y&link_type=abstract
Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114), vol. 29, no. 4, p. 553-554
Computer Science
Cooling, Iron Meteorites, Meteoritic Composition, Meteoritic Microstructures, Stony Meteorites, Computer Programs, High Resolution, Image Processing, Metallography, Scanning Electron Microscopy
Scientific paper
It has been proposed that the size variation of the constituents of the cloudy zone in metal particles can be used to estimate the low-temperature cooling rate of the host meteorite. The cloudy zone ion the retained taenite of meteoritic metal is mainly composed of two phases, the high-Ni island phase and the low-Ni honeycomb phase. The width of the island phase is governed by the cooling rate and Ni concentration. Since the Ni concentration is almost constant at the outermost region of the cloudy zone, only the cooling rate controls the size of the island phase. The purpose of this study is to further develop the relationship between the size of the island phase of the cloudy zone and the cooling rate of meteorites. The cloudy zone microstructure was studied using a JEOL 6300F high-resolution scanning electron microscope (HRSEM). The island phase size variation was measured using a Micro-Plan II image analysis system. In this study, 21 meteorites including 6 mesosiderites, 4 pallasites, 8 iron meteorites, and 3 chondrites were investigated. The size variation of the island phase at the outermost region of the cloudy zone vs. the cooling rate of meteorites is presented. The size of the biggest island phase clearly decreases with increasing cooling rate without regard to whether the host is an iron, stony-iron, or stony meteorite. Those meteorites that have cooled extremely fast (the IVA irons) have a very fine microstructure, which cannot be easily resolved even by employing a HRSEM. The metallographic cooling rates of the meteorites that we studied were taken from previous measurements Saikumar and Goldstein have evaluated the methods to determine the cooling rates of iron meteorites considering impingement effects.
Goldstein Joseph I.
Williams Brian D.
Yang Chih-Wen
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