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26Al en eucrita piplia kalan: fuente de calor plausible y cronología de la formación
Srinivasan1, Goswami, Bhandari
1Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 21, 1999
Resumen
La descomposición del aluminio-26 (26Al) en la eucrita de Piplia Kalan confirma su papel como fuente de calor para la fusión temprana de cuerpos planetarios. Este proceso ocurrió dentro de los 5 millones de años de formación del sistema solar.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Cosmoquímica es la cosmoquímica.
- Ciencias planetarias Ciencias planetarias.
- La geoquímica de los isótopos es la geoquímica de los isótopos.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los radionúclidos de corta vida, como el aluminio-26 (26Al), son cruciales para comprender los primeros procesos térmicos del sistema solar.
- Las eucritas, un tipo de meteorito, proporcionan información sobre la formación y diferenciación de los cuerpos progenitores de los asteroides.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la presencia e implicaciones de la desintegración del 26Al en el eucrito Piplia Kalan.
- Para determinar el momento de la fusión y la diferenciación del cuerpo madre de eucrita.
Principales métodos:
- Se realizó un análisis isotópico de aluminio-magnesio (Al-Mg) en plagioclasa de la eucrita Piplia Kalan.
- Se midieron relaciones de 27Al/24Mg, que van desde 2000 hasta 7000.
Principales resultados:
- Se detectó un exceso de 26Mg, lo que indica una descomposición in situ de 26Al.
- Se dedujo una relación inicial de 26Al/27Al de (7.5 ± 0.9) x 10^-7.
- Confirmado el 26Al como una fuente de calor significativa para la diferenciación de cuerpos planetarios.
Conclusiones:
- La abundancia de 26Al sugiere una rápida fusión y diferenciación del cuerpo madre de Piplia Kalan.
- La diferenciación planetaria, incluida la formación de la corteza, se completó en aproximadamente 5 millones de años del origen del sistema solar.
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