Nonequilibrium solidification and microstructures of metal phases in the shock-induced melt of the Yanzhuang (H6) chondrite

Details Nonequilibrium solidification and microstructures of metal phases in the shock-induced melt of the Yanzhuang (H6) chondrite Nonequilibrium solidification and microstructures of metal phases in the shock-induced melt of the Yanzhuang (H6) chondrite

Jan 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995metic..30...28c&link_type=abstract

Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114), vol. 30, no. 1, p. 28-32

Computer Science

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Chondrites, Dendritic Crystals, Meteoritic Microstructures, Nonequilibrium Conditions, Phase Transformations, Shock Heating, Solidification, Troilite, Nickel, Petrography

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Dendrites in the metal-troilite spherules in both shock-induced melt veins and a melt pocket of the Yanzhuang chondrite show zoning in their microstructures. This feature is indicative of nonequilibrium solidification of the metal phases. Dendrites in the melt pocket have a typical crust-core structure consisting of martensitic interiors (7.5 - 8.1 wt% Ni) and Ni-rich rims (12.5 - 23.3 wt% Ni). In comparison, the dendrites in melt veins have three microstructural areas: (1) core (6.4 - 7.3 wt% Ni); (2) martensite between the core and rim (7.4 - 8.5 wt% Ni); (3) Ni-rich rim (12.8 - 21.4 wt% Ni). It is suggested that the difference in cooling rates followed shock-induced high temperature melting might be an important factor in producing the different dendritic microstructures in melt veins and melt pocket. Cooling rates deduced from measurements of secondary dendritic arm spacings are 100 - 400 C/s in the melt veins and 6 - 30 C/s in the melt pocket, respectively, and lie in the temperature interval 950 to 1400 C.

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