Protoplanetary core formation by rain-out of minerals

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Dec 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980m%26p....23..381s&link_type=abstract

Moon and the Planets, vol. 23, Dec. 1980, p. 381-390. Research supported by the U.S. Department of Energy;

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Gas Giant Planets, Minerals, Planetary Cores, Planetary Evolution, Protoplanets, Brownian Movements, Drops (Liquids), Liquid Metals, Long Term Effects

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Models of giant protoplanets computed by DeCampli and Cameron (1979) show that Fe and other minerals in the planet interior are in a liquid state during one of the stages of protoplanet evolution. A model of coalescence of liquid drops was developed using the 'stochastic' collection equation of Slattery (1978); the growth times to droplets was much shorter than the period during which the drops are in a liquid state. Brownian collection quickly coalesced the tiny droplets to a radius of 0.005 cm; gravitational collection was required to form droplets of radii greater than 0.005 cm.

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