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Proton Induced X-Ray Emission (Pixe) Analysis of Meteoritic Microsamples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

R. Wallenwein ,
H. Blank ,
E.K. Jessberger  and
K. Traxel
R. Wallenwein
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 10 39 80 6900 Heidelberg, W. Germany
H. Blank
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 10 39 80 6900 Heidelberg, W. Germany
E.K. Jessberger
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 10 39 80 6900 Heidelberg, W. Germany
K. Traxel
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 10 39 80 6900 Heidelberg, W. Germany

Abstract

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Interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) collected in the stratosphere are thought to be mostly of cometary origin. They survived heating during their deceleration in the earth’s atmosphere (1). Because of their small size (< 50 μm ) and mass (< 10−7 g) they are difficult to analyse. Special preparation and examination methods have been developed for their investigations (2). We set out to study the trace-element-composition of these particles using the Heidelberg proton microprobe.

Type
III. Interplanetary Dust: Laboratory Studies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 85: Properties and Interactions of Interplanetary Dust , 1985 , pp. 157 - 158
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985

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