Abundances of the elements in the solar system

Journal Article · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1973 · Space Sci. Rev., v. 15, no. 1, pp. 121-146

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00172440· OSTI ID:4426464

Cameron, A G.W.

The present status or abundance information for elements in meteorites and in the Sun is reviewed, and a new table of abundances of the elements, which should be characteristic of the primitive solar nebula, is compiled and presented. Special attention is called to the elemental abundances in the silicon-to-calcium region, where many of the abundances are rather poorly determined, and where these abundances have an impact on theories of nucleosynthesis of the elements. To each elemental isotope is assigned a mechanism of nucleosynthesis which may have been responsible for production of most of that isotope, and brief comments are made concerning the present status of understanding of the different mechanisms of nucleosynthesis. (auth)

• Research Organization: Yeshiva Univ., NY
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-29-008522
• OSTI ID: 4426464
• Journal Information: Space Sci. Rev., v. 15, no. 1, pp. 121-146, Journal Name: Space Sci. Rev., v. 15, no. 1, pp. 121-146; ISSN SPSRA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

*METEORITES-- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
*SOLAR SYSTEM-- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
ABUNDANCE
ELEMENTS
N56400* --Physics (Astrophysics & Cosmology)--Solar Phenomena
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS