Chemical fractionations in meteorites—I. Condensation of the elements

Potassium isotope cosmochemistry: Genetic implications of volatile element depletion

“…This was developed rigorously by the condensation calculations of Larimer ( 1967) and Grossman ( 1972). To explain the variable depletion of moderately and highly volatile elements in ordinary chondrites, Wai and Wasson ( 1977) proposed that gas-dust separation took place during condensation of the volatiles.…”

The composition and origin of the moon

“…The condensation sequence of elements and compounds from a cooling cloud of solar composition has been calculated by Larimer [19], Lord [20] and Grossman [21], The early condensates (Table 2) are Al, Ca and Ti compounds such as gehlenite (Ca 2 Al 2 Si0 7 ), spinel (MgAl,^) and perovskite (CaTi0 3 ).…”

Evaporation metamorphism in the early solar nebula. Evaporation experiments on the melt FeO-MgO-SiO2-CaO-Al2O3 and chemical fractionations of primitive materials.

“…The ther modynamic theory of gas-solid equilibrium (LARIMER, 1967;GROSSMAN, 1972) has provided an important knowledge about the elemental partitioning between gas and dust. Coupled with the condensation model of the high-tem perature nebular gas, it has been applied to a number of problems on the origin of meteorites and planets (e.g., GROSSMAN and LARIMER, 1974).…”