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Xenon in Carbonaceous Chondrites

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Carbonaceous chondrites contain two isotopically distinct components of trapped xenon which cannot be explained by the occurrence of nuclear or fractionation processes within these meteorites.

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  1. Nuclear Division, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Rolla, Missouri, 65401

    O. K. MANUEL & E. W. HENNECKE

  2. Department of Chemistry, Grambling College, Grambling, Louisiana, 71254

    D. D. SABU

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MANUEL, O., HENNECKE, E. & SABU, D. Xenon in Carbonaceous Chondrites. Nature Physical Science 240, 99–101 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci240099a0

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