Explanation for the very low GA and GE concentrations in some iron meteorite groups

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Abundance, Chondrites, Gallium, Germanium, Iron Meteorites, Solar Activity Effects, Arsenic, Condensing, Copper, Nickel, Siderites, Solar Corona

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Parallels between the abundance patterns of moderately volatile elements in iron meteorites and ordinary chondrites are pointed out and discussed in relation to condensation processes in the solar nebula. The discussion is centered around a graph in which As, Cu, Ga, Ge to Ni ratios, normalized to CI chondrites, are compared for IVB, IVA, IVB, and IIIAB irons and H-group ordinary chondrites. The patterns suggest that the same volatile loss mechanism was at work for both IVB irons and ordinary chondrites, but was more efficient in the IVB process. A picture for the process at the IVB location is proposed, according to which condensation occurred when temperature decreased rapidly and trace metals condensed as a fine aerosol that was later blown away by a T-Tauri solar storm. Condensation at the H-group location was more complete because of a less rapid temperature decrease, allowing trace metals to diffuse deeper into Fe-Ni grains. Possible ways in which IVA conditions may have differed from IIIAB or H conditions are also proposed and discussed.

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