Published December 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Plutonium-244 dating Pt. 5

  • 1. Arkansas Univ., (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
  • 2. Nevada Univ., (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

Description

Re-examination of all known xenon isotopic data for ordinary chondrites reveals that 244Pu fission xenon can be resolved in about one-fourth of the meteorites of this class. The amounts of 244Pu fission xenon found in these meteorites range from ca. 1-2 up to 6-8*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) 48 refs.; 2 figs.; 3 tabs

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Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
Initial ratios of plutonium to uranium in some ordinary chondrites

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
152
Journal Issue
2
Series
J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. ;Articles.
Journal Page Range
409-434
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCD