GEOCHEMISTRY PART 2 Flashcards
Heirarchy of Heavnly Bodies
Cluster of Galaxies
Galaxies
Stars,Pulsars, Black Holes
Planets
Satellites
Comets
Asteroids
Meteoroids
Dust Particles
Molecules
Atoms of H and He
An evidence of Bigbang wherein the further away a galaxy is the more red shifted their emitted light is
Red Shift (Dopple Effect)
The energy of radiation produced at a specific wavelength when the universe was at temperatures greater than 3000K
Cosmic Microwave Background Radition
The basic unit in the cosmological heirarchy
Star
Diagram use to show the temperature of the star (x) as a function of its luminosity (y)
Hertzsprung russel Diagram
The bluer the Bigger the hotter
Stars produced by CONTRACTION of INTERSTELLAR GASES resulting in increase in temperature. Energy production by Hydrogen Fusion becomes possible to produce the star
Main Sequence Star
High Luminosity and high temperature Stars
Blue Giants
Stars less Massive than the sun
Red Dwarfs
Bigger than the Sun and is formed by depletion of H in the core during the main phase, the energy production shifted from the core to the outer shell
Red Giants
End stage of stellar evolution contraction leads to the increase in core temperature and eventually explodes to form supernoca
Pulsars (Nuetron Stars), White Dwarf, Blackholes
The Sun is what type of Star?
Yellow Dwarf Main Sequence
The process of making atoms or molecules and the theory that explains the complexation of materials from the simple structure of H and Deuterium H2
Nucleosynthesis
Most abundant Isotopes in the Universe
H and He
The abudnace of the first 50 Elements (Decreaseses, Increases), (Logarithmically, Exponentially)
Decreases Exponentially
Why are the abudnaces of the elements higher than 50 are ver low?
Because they are only produced during supernova
What is the oddo harkins effect?
Elements with even atomic numbers are more abundant than their immediate odd numbered neigbors
Isotopes or elements that do not occur in the solar system because their isotopes are unstable and thus decay rapidly
Tc and Pm
Elemens having atomic number greater than this element have no stable isotopes but still occur naturally at very low abundances because they are the daughters of long-lived radioactive isotopes of U and Th
83 Bismuth (Bi)
Theory of solar system formation which states that the Sun and the planets are formed by the collapse of clouds of gas and dust which accompanied by accretion and differentiation
Solar Nebular Hypothesis
Diffuse Mass of intersetallar gas and dust
Solar Nebula
States that condensates accreted to form larger bodies as a result of selective adhesion caused by electrostatic and magnetic force
Planetisimal Theory
Who proposed the Planetisimal theory?
Viktor Safronov
Planets that are nearer the sun have:
Higher Temperature
Elements with higher melting Temp
Thin Atmosphere
Less mass and weaker Gravitational pull
Higher density
Plantes that are farther from the sun are mostl composed of
Methane amonia and water and other volatiles
Lower density but larger
The phenomenon where H and He are so light that they’re espcaing the atmosphere
Jeans Effect
Volatile rich planetisimals that are composed of water, ammonia methan e and other volatiles
Cometisimals
Icy Bodies beyond neptune including pluto
Kuiper Belt
Source of long period comets and may be made of icy bodies
Oort Cloud
Common Minerals in metorites
Kamacite and Taenite (Fe-Ni)
Pyroxene esp Bronzite
Olivince (Pallasite)
Plagioclase
Kinds of Meteorites
Iron
Stones
Stony Iron
Predominanty Kamacite and Taenite w/ minor of other minerals such as Troilite (FeS)
Magmatic Iron/ Iron Meteorites
Type of Iron Meteorites
Hexahedrite
Octahedrite (w/Widsmantatten)
Ataxite
Exsolution features in meteorites
Widsmanttaten
Meteorites that are chiefly silicates and mostly ferromagnesisa up to 1/4 Fe-Ni
Stone Meteorites
Types of Stone meteorites compose chiefly of silicates such as olivine pyroxene and plagiolcaise and contains boulder size round bodies called Chondrules
Chondrites
Most primitive chondrites w/ high content of volatiles including water and non bioenic carbon and have the same composition as that of the Sun
Carbonaceous Chondrite
Most abundant Meteorite
Oridinary Chondrite
Type of Chrondrite composed of Mg Pyx
Enstatite Chrondrite
Type of Stony Meteorite that has no Chondrules and has the same composition as terrestrial mafic and Ultramafic rocks are mostly breccias said to be derived from the crusts of planetisimals
Achondrites
Meteorites containing EQUAL amounts of silicates and Ni-Fe allows
Stony Iron
Meteorite mostly compose of olivine
Pallasite
Meterite composed of Pyx and Plag
Mesosiderite
contains nearly all the mass of an atoms accounting for only one ten thousandths of its iameter
Nucleus
How much more massive is Prtons than Electrons?
1825X
denotes different atomic forms characterized by a distinct combination of protons and neutrons of which only 279 are stable
Nuclide
Elements with anomalously low abundance due to them being consumed during stellar nucleosynthesis
Li, Be, B
the most pronounced peak in terms of abundance is at
26Fe
Isotopes with Mass Number which are multiples of (4,5,6 or 7) have enhanced abundance
4 (Alpha Partucle Mass Number)
How to Eliminate Oddo Harkins Effect?
Normalize
Most Primirive Meteorite on Earth that is used as standard
Chondrite-1
Play a crucial role by overcoming repuulsive forces between protons thus binding the nucleus to a tight structural unit
Nuetron
Number of Proton in an atom of an element
Atomnic Number
Proton plus Nuetron
Atomic Mass
What is Atomic Weight?
Sum of the masses of the naturally occuring isotopes weighted in accordance to their abudances (Sum of (Atomic Mass*Weighted Abundance)
Variations in atomic mass due to difference in the number of NEUTRONS of an element (Proton same, Nuetron not same, Mass (sum) not same)
Isotopes (diff Mass number, diff neutron)
(P for Constant Proton)
Nuclides having CONSTANT MASS NUMBER but DIFFERENT ATOMIC NUMBER (Proton) (Proton not same,Nuetron Same, mass same)
Isotones (Same Mass Number, Diff Proton)
(N for Constant Neutron)
Nuclides having the SAME ATOMIC MASS but different atomic number and neutorn number (Mass SAME, Proton and Nuetron NOT SAME)
Isobars (Same Mass Number, Diff Proton and Neutron)
A region surrounding the nucleus occupied by electrons having approximately same energy
Electron Shell
A process by which charge deficiencies result from the subsitution of ions of unequal charges that must be compensated by a second substitution involving an ion having a different charge
(Charge Defienciency needs second subsitution)
Couples Substitution