CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES METEORITES - Big History Project · 2014. 8. 25. · thallium bismuth holmium...
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METEORITES CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES IMAGE CREDIT ESA 2010 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA/Ted Stryk DATA CREDIT © Wolfram Alpha, www.wolframalpha.com oxygen iron silicon magnesium sulfur hydrogen carbon nickel calcium 40% 22% 14% 12% 4% 2% 2% 1% 1% ELEMENTS < 1% ELEMENTS = 0% OR UNKNOWN 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% ELEMENTS > 1% PERCENTAGE OF ABUNDANCE LOCATION ON THE PERIODIC TABLE neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium ununtrium flerovium ununpentium livermorium ununseptium ununoctium helium neon argon krypton technetium xenon promethium polonium astatine radon francium radium actinium protactinium aluminum sodium chromium manganese nitrogen phosphorus potassium cobalt titanium chlorine zinc copper fluorine vanadium germanium selenium strontium gallium zirconium scandium rubidium barium tellurium yttrium arsenic lithium boron lead tin molybdenum bromine platinum ruthenium cerium palladium osmium iridium neodymium cadmium lanthanum dysprosium mercury iodine gadolinium niobium ytterbium rhodium erbium samarium hafnium gold silver cesium tungsten antimony praseodymium thallium bismuth holmium europium rhenium indium thorium terbium thulium lutetium beryllium tantalum uranium 0.91 0.55 0.3 0.27 0.14 0.11 0.07 0.059 0.054 0.037 0.018 0.011 0.0087 0.0061 0.0021 0.0013 8.7×10 -4 7.6×10 -4 6.6×10 -4 6.4×10 -4 3.2×10 -4 2.7×10 -4 2.1×10 -4 1.9×10 -4 1.8×10 -4 1.7×10 -4 1.6×10 -4 1.4×10 -4 1.2×10 -4 1.2×10 -4 1.2×10 -4 9.8×10 -5 8.1×10 -5 7.5×10 -5 6.6×10 -5 6.6×10 -5 5.4×10 -5 5×10 -5 4.4×10 -5 2.8×10 -5 2.7×10 -5 2.5×10 -5 2.5×10 -5 2.3×10 -5 1.9×10 -5 1.8×10 -5 1.8×10 -5 1.8×10 -5 1.7×10 -5 1.7×10 -5 1.7×10 -5 1.4×10 -5 1.4×10 -5 1.2×10 -5 1.2×10 -5 9.8×10 -6 7.8×10 -6 6.9×10 -6 5.9×10 -6 5.9×10 -6 4.9×10 -6 4.4×10 -6 3.9×10 -6 3.9×10 -6 2.9×10 -6 2.9×10 -6 2.9×10 -6 2×10 -6 9.8×10 -7 years ago a massive meteorite struck the Earth near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, leaving an impact crater more than 100 miles wide and causing a mass extinction event. Iridium, almost nonexistent in the Earth's crust but significantly more abundant in meteorites, was found in unusually high amounts in the sedimentary rock of the K-T boundary. This discovery helped scientists prove that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. Ir iridium 77 192.217 77 115 IRIDIUM PROFILE 65 MILLION 455 0.3 IRIDIUM QUANTITIES APPROXIMATE PARTS PER BILLION IN THE K-T BOUNDARY: IN THE EARTH’S CRUST:
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METEORITESCHEMICAL ABUNDANCES
IMAGE CREDITESA 2010 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA/Ted Stryk
DATA CREDIT© Wolfram Alpha, www.wolframalpha.com
oxygenironsiliconmagnesiumsulfurhydrogencarbonnickelcalcium
40%22%14%12% 4%2%2%1%1%
ELEMENTS < 1%
ELEMENTS = 0% OR UNKNOWN
100% 75% 50% 25% 0% ELEMENTS > 1% PERCENTAGE OF ABUNDANCE LOCATION ON THE PERIODIC TABLE
neptuniumplutoniumamericiumcuriumberkeliumcaliforniumeinsteiniumfermiummendeleviumnobeliumlawrenciumrutherfordiumdubniumseaborgium
bohriumhassiummeitneriumdarmstadtiumroentgeniumcoperniciumununtriumfleroviumununpentiumlivermoriumununseptium ununoctium
heliumneonargonkryptontechnetiumxenonpromethiumpoloniumastatineradonfranciumradiumactiniumprotactinium
aluminumsodiumchromiummanganesenitrogenphosphorus
potassiumcobalttitaniumchlorinezinccopper
fluorinevanadiumgermaniumselenium
strontiumgalliumzirconiumscandiumrubidiumbariumtelluriumyttriumarseniclithiumboronleadtinmolybdenumbromine
platinumrutheniumceriumpalladiumosmiumiridiumneodymiumcadmiumlanthanumdysprosiummercuryiodinegadoliniumniobiumytterbiumrhodiumerbiumsamariumhafniumgoldsilvercesiumtungstenantimony
praseodymiumthalliumbismuthholmiumeuropiumrheniumindiumthoriumterbiumthuliumlutetiumberylliumtantalum
uranium
0.910.550.30.270.140.11
0.070.0590.0540.0370.0180.011
0.00870.00610.00210.0013
8.7×10-4
7.6×10-4
6.6×10-4
6.4×10-4
3.2×10-4
2.7×10-4
2.1×10-4
1.9×10-4
1.8×10-4
1.7×10-4
1.6×10-4
1.4×10-4
1.2×10-4
1.2×10-4
1.2×10-4
9.8×10-5
8.1×10-5
7.5×10-5
6.6×10-5
6.6×10-5
5.4×10-5
5×10-5
4.4×10-5
2.8×10-5
2.7×10-5
2.5×10-5
2.5×10-5
2.3×10-5
1.9×10-5
1.8×10-5
1.8×10-5
1.8×10-5
1.7×10-5
1.7×10-5
1.7×10-5
1.4×10-5
1.4×10-5
1.2×10-5
1.2×10-5
9.8×10-6
7.8×10-6
6.9×10-6
5.9×10-6
5.9×10-6
4.9×10-6
4.4×10-6
3.9×10-6
3.9×10-6
2.9×10-6
2.9×10-6
2.9×10-6
2×10-6
9.8×10-7
years ago a massive meteorite struck the Earth near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, leaving an impact crater more than 100 miles wide and causing a mass extinction event.
Iridium, almost nonexistent in the Earth's crust but significantly more abundant in meteorites, was found in unusually high amounts in the sedimentary rock of the K-T boundary. This discovery helped scientists prove that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.
Iriridium
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192.217
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IRIDIUM PROFILE
65 MILLION
455
0.3
IRIDIUM QUANTITIESAPPROXIMATE PARTS PER BILLION
IN THE K-T BOUNDARY:
IN THE EARTH’S CRUST:
