The cosmochemical behavior of mercury

Details The cosmochemical behavior of mercury The cosmochemical behavior of mercury

Aug 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999e%26psl.171...35l&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 171, Issue 1, p. 35-47.

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We review long-standing reports of both the `Hg paradox' that Hg abundances in meteorites are inconsistent with its volatile behavior and the anomalous 196Hg/202Hg ratios in all types of extraterrestrial material. A careful study of the literature suggests that both results may be due to overestimation of 202Hg abundances from neutron activation analysis. We reevaluate Hg condensation in the solar nebula using both volatility trends for chondritic meteorites and thermodynamic calculations. The extent of Hg depletion in Allende indicates a 50% condensation temperature of 350 K. Thermodynamic calculations show that Hg condenses into various metal alloys at 300 K or lower. At lower temperatures, Hg can be incorporated into Fe,Ni sulfides as a trace element. We investigate chemisorption as a method for incorporating Hg into solid material in the solar nebula. A large fraction of Hg can chemisorb on metal surfaces at temperatures as high as 515 K, depending on the grain size.

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