Size distributions and aerodynamic equivalence of metal chondrules and silicate chondrules in ACFER 059

Details Size distributions and aerodynamic equivalence of metal chondrules and silicate chondrules in ACFER 059 Size distributions and aerodynamic equivalence of metal chondrules and silicate chondrules in ACFER 059

Mar 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993lpi....24.1315s&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-Fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 3: N-Z p 1315-1316 (SEE N94-20636 05-91

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Chondrites, Chondrule, Drops (Liquids), Meteoritic Composition, Size Distribution, Planetary Nebulae, Silicates

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The CR2 chondrite Acfer 059 is unusual in that the original droplet shapes of metal chondrules are well preserved. We determined separate size distributions for metal chondrules and silicate chondrules; the two types are well sorted and have similar size distributions about their respective mean diameters of 0.74 mm and 1.44 mm. These mean values are aerodynamically equivalent for the contrasting densities, as shown by calculated terminal settling velocities in a model solar nebula. Aerodynamic equivalence and similarity of size distributions suggest that metal and silicate fractions experienced the same sorting process before they were accreted onto the parent body. These characteristics, together with depletion of iron in Acfer 059 and essentially all other chondrites relative to primitive CI compositions, strongly suggest that sorting in the solar nebula involved a radial aerodynamic component and that sorting and siderophile depletion in chondrites are closely related.

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