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Plutonium-244 in the Early Solar System

John H. Reynolds
- 01 Jan 1968 - 
- Vol. 218, Iss: 5146, pp 1024-1028
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In this article, the plutonium-244/xenon and iodine-129/Xenon decay intervals for achondritic meteorites were found to confirm the suggestion that these two extinct radioactivities were synthesized in the galactic nucleosynthesis process.
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Agreements between the plutonium-244/xenon and iodine-129/xenon decay intervals for achondritic meteorites could confirm the suggestion that these two extinct radioactivities were synthesized in the galactic nucleosynthesis process.

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Dating of meteorites by the high-temperature release of iodine-correlated Xe129

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Spallation, Fission, and Neutron Capture Anomalies in Meteoritic Krypton and Xenon

TL;DR: In this paper, measurements of the Kr and Xe concentrations and isotopic compositions in five meteorites are reported, and reproducibility of the results are discussed in detail, and the authors show that the spallation components found were produced by the cosmic radiation late in the history of the meteorite during a period given by the radiation age.
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Xenon-Iodine Dating: Sharp Isochronism in Chondrites

TL;DR: Measurements of the accumulation of Xel29 from radioactive decay of extinct 1129 in meteorites show that the 1129/ 1127 ratio in high-temperature minerals in diverse chondrites was 10-4 at the time of cooling.
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Iodine, uranium and tellurium contents in meteorites

TL;DR: The abundances of iodine, uranium and tellurium were determined in fifteen achondrites, five chondrites (two with light-dark structure) and three mesosiderites by neutron activation analysis as mentioned in this paper.
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IXe dating of the shallowater achondrite

TL;DR: In this article, Xenon from a pile irradiated sample of the Shallowater enstatite achondrite was analysed in a step-wise heating experiment and it was shown that the ratio of 129 I to 127 I was the same within experimental error as the ratio in 10 chondrites previously measured.
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