cosmochemistry

Layer 2 — Chemistry6 concepts in this subtree

Cosmochemistry — IUPAC-VII applied chemistry at the meteorite / interplanetary-dust / stellar-condensate grain. Foundations: the terrestrial-fractionation line (TFL) δ¹⁷O = 0.52 · δ¹⁸O (slope set by mass-dependent kinetic/equilibrium…

Mass-dependent fractionation line δ¹⁷O = 0.52·δ¹⁸O (TFL anchor)
R_mix = f·R_A + (1−f)·R_B: linear 2-component isotope mixing
ln(P₂/P₁) = −(L/R)·(1/T₂ − 1/T₁): condensation-T curves for refractories
Δ¹⁷O = δ¹⁷O − 0.52·δ¹⁸O; zero on TFL (mass-dependent samples)
R_mix at f=0 ⇒ R_B, f=1 ⇒ R_A, f=1/2 ⇒ (R_A+R_B)/2
r-process peaks sum N=50+82+126 = 258 (closed-shell magic-N anchor)
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