Primordial retention of nitrogen by terrestrial planets and meteorites

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Nov 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983lpsc...13..853f&link_type=abstract

In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 13th, Houston, TX, March 15-19, 1982, Proceedings. Part 2. (A83-21281,07-91) Washing

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Cosmochemistry, Meteoritic Composition, Nitrogen, Planetary Composition, Terrestrial Planets, Chemical Equilibrium, Deposition, Iron Alloys, Iron Meteorites, Nickel Alloys, Silicon Nitrides, Titanium Nitrides

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Thermodynamic calculations of the amount of dissolved nitrogen in Fe-Ni alloy in a solar composition gas were done over a wide range of temperatures and pressures. The stabilities of the nitride minerals found in meteorites, a large number of other nitrides, and ammonium aluminosilicates were also calculated in a solar gas. This thorough study indicates that equilibrium mechanisms cannot account for the nitrogen contents of the terrestrial planets and meteorites. The best available data indicate that the observed nitrogen contents of planets and meteorites are several orders of magnitude greater than the predicted nitrogen contents of condensed material in a solar gas. It is suggested that the nitrogen in meteorites was originally retained as organic compounds produced by disequilibrium mechanisms. Nitrogen retention by the terrestrial planets could be due to homogeneous accretion or to accretion of a volatile-rich veneer. However, the actual mode of nitrogen accretion cannot yet be determined.

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