Abstract
In our sample set we considered pyroxenes and olivine with varying
Mg-to-Fe ratios. Olivine can be pure Mg2SiO4
(forsterite), Fe2SiO4 (fayalite), or some
combination of the two, written as . Pyroxene can be Mg-pure
MgSiO3 (enstatite), Fe-pure FeSiO3 (ferrosilite),
or a combination of the two. The nomenclature En(x)Fs(1-x) indicates the
fraction of iron (or magnesium) included in the compound. "En" stands
for enstatite and "Fs" for ferrosilite. These silicate compounds are
present in both crystalline and amorphous forms. We completed our sample
set adding spinel, which is a Mg-bearing compound which crystallises in
the cubic crystal system formed by oxygens, whereas Mg and Al atoms sit
in tetrahedral and octahedral sites in the lattice (Mutschke et al.,
1998A&A...333..188M). Spinel has been observed in chondritic
meteorite with pre-solar composition and has been produced by gas
outflows of red giant stars (Zinner et al. 2005, Geochim. Cosmochim.
Acta, 69, 4149).
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Original language | English |
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Journal | VizieR On-line Data Catalog |
Volume | 363 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2019 |
Keywords
- Interstellar medium
- Atomic physics