[meteorite-list] A good question
From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:13:17 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <8CE923B15F91D73-1FA0-2413E_at_webmail-d012.sysops.aol.com> Not a valid question. Who knows how hot a melt will get? That obviously depends on its specific environment. What is known easily is the freezing point of iron or a phase diagram of allys as well including nickel and carbon whioch gets complicated. The formation of the Widmanstatten figures happens in the solid phase, not upon the freezing; this probably occurs mostly around the annealing temperature of the meteorite alloy which will be between 600 C (about to 20% nickel) to 912 C (no nickel). In chemistry there are no absolutes, just temperature dependent equilibrium constants, so probably the pattern can form insignificantly as low as 200 C. So, depending on pressure (depth) gravitational and fission sources of heat, plus if the Sun happens to be close, the core will solidify at 2200 to 2500 C in some conditions.... and cool and be a kind of labile solid, and cool and cool and start organizing the lattice structure with separating alpha (low nickel body centered) and gamma (high nickel 8% or so denser face centered) bands of kamacite and taenite, respectively... -----Original Message----- From: pshugar <pshugar at messengersfromthecosmos.com> To: The List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Mon, Dec 26, 2011 5:37 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] A good question we know that iron asteroids come from the cores of the differentiated bodies. The Whittmanstraden pattern is the slow cooling over exceedingly long periods of time. The question--what is the temp of the molten iron before it starts to cool. Pete Shugar ______________________________________________ HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Mon 26 Dec 2011 06:13:17 PM PST |
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