Spatial distribution of organic matter in the Bells CM2 chondrite using near-field infrared microspectroscopy

Details Spatial distribution of organic matter in the Bells CM2 chondrite using near-field infrared microspectroscopy Spatial distribution of organic matter in the Bells CM2 chondrite using near-field infrared microspectroscopy

Mar 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010m%26ps...45..394k&link_type=abstract

Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Volume 45, Issue 3, pp. 394-405.

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Distributions of organic functional groups as well as inorganic features were analyzed in the Bells (CM2) carbonaceous chondrite using near-field infrared (NFIR) spectroscopy. NFIR spectroscopy has recently been developed to enable infrared spectral mapping beyond the optical diffraction limit of conventional Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy. NFIR spectral mapping of the Bells 300nm thick sections on Al plates for 7.5×7.5μm2 areas showed some C-H-rich areas which were considered to represent the organic-rich areas. Heterogeneous distributions of organic matter as well as those of inorganic phases such as silicates (Si-O) were observed with 1μm spatial resolution. The NFIR mappings of aliphatic C-H (2960 and 2930 cm-1) and structural OH (3650 cm-1) confirm that organic matter is associated with phyllosilicates as previously suggested. The NFIR mapping method can provide 1μm spatial distribution of organic functional groups and their association with minerals. High local sensitivity of NFIR enables us to find organic-rich areas and to characterize them by their aliphatic CH2/CH3 ratios. The aliphatic CH2/CH3 ratio of Bells is slightly higher than Murchison, similar to Orgueil, and lower than literature values of IDPs and cometary dust particles.

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