Published March 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Plutonium-244 dating Pt. 6

  • 1. Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR (United States)
  • 2. Nevada Univ., Las Vegas, NV (United States)

Description

Re-examination of all known xenon isotopic data for achondrites reveals that 244Pu fission xenon can be resolved in about three-fourths of the meteorites of this class. The amounts of 244Pu fission xenon found in these meteorites range from ca. 1-2 up to 20-40*10-12 ccSTP/g. These meteorites started to retain their xenon some 200-500 million years later than did the carbonaceous chondrites Allende, Groznaya, Mokoia, Murchison, Murray, and Renazzo, which began to retain their xenon over 4800 million years ago. (author) 45 refs.; 2 figs.; 5 tabs

Part of:
Plutonium-244 dating Pt. 3

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Subtitle (English)
Initial ratios of plutonium to uranium in achondrites

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
157
Journal Issue
2
Series
Articles.
Journal Page Range
p. 217-238.
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCDM

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