Boron and Lithium Isotope Variations in Chondrules: The Signature of Presolar Nucleosynthesis

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Boron, Chondrules, Isotopes, Lithium, Presolar Nebula

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We report here the preliminary results of tests concerning two major implications of the boron isotope variations that were recently found in meteoritic chondrules (Chaussidon and Robert 1995, Nature 374, 337-339). (1) Freshly nucleosynthetized boron with variable 11B/10B ratios must have been preserved as solid grains in the solar nebula and implanted or embedded in the newly formed chondrules. Therefore, chondrules cooling rates do not allow a complete isotopic homogenisation which can be tested experimentally. (2) Another element, lithium, is also formed by the spallogenic reactions occurring in the presolar cloud with a spallogenic isotopic ratio (7Li/6Li) between 2 and 5 according to different models, which is lower than the bulk solar system ratio of ~12.5. Therefore, a negative correlation between the isotopic compositions of Li and B should be present in chondrules.

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