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The solar system Fe/Mg ratio

Authors: D. S. Burnett; A. J. G. Jurewicz; D. S. Woolum; Y. Guan; V. S. Heber; R. Hervig; M. Humayun; +5 Authors

The solar system Fe/Mg ratio

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AbstractSolar wind Fe and Mg fluences (atoms/cm2) were measured from Genesis collectors. Fe and Mg have similar first ionization potentials and solar wind Fe/Mg should equal the solar ratio. Solar wind Fe/Mg is a more valid measure of solar composition than CI chondrites and can be measured more accurately than spectroscopic photospheric abundances. Mg and Fe fluences analyzed in four laboratories give satisfactory agreement. Si and diamond‐like carbon collector fluences agree for both elements. The Mg and Fe fluences are 1.731 ± 0.073 × 1012 and 1.366 ± 0.058 × 1012 atoms/cm2. All plausible sources of errors down to the 1% level are documented. Our value for the solar system Fe/Mg, 0.789 ± 0.048 agrees within 1 sigma errors with CI chondrites, spectroscopic photospheric abundances, and with the solar wind data from the ACE spacecraft. CI samples from asteroid Ryugu give Fe/Mg in agreement with Genesis and meteoritic CI samples despite very small sample sizes. The higher accuracy of the Genesis solar Fe/Mg permits a comparison with chondritic Fe/Mg at the 10% level. Intermeteorite Fe/Mg averages differ among the main C chondrite groups but are within, or very close to, the ±1 sigma Genesis solar Fe/Mg.

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