The ultrafine mineralogy of a molten interplanetary dust particle as an example of the quench regime of atmospheric entry heating

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Melting and degassing of interplanetary dust particle L2005B22 at ˜1200 °C was due to flash heating during atmospheric entry. Preservation of the porous particle texture supports rapid quenching from the peak heating temperature whereby olivine and pyroxene nanocrystals (3 nm-26 nm) show partial devitrification of the quenched melt at T ˜=450 °C-740 °C. The implied ultrahigh cooling rates are calculated at ˜105 °C/h-106 °C/h, which is consistent with quench rates inferred from the temperature-time profiles based on atmospheric entry heating models. A vesicular rim on a nonstoichiometric relic forsterite grain in this particle represents either evaporative magnesium loss during flash heating or thermally annealed ion implantation texture.

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