An oxygen-18 rich presolar silicate grain from the Acfer 094 meteorite in a NanoSIMS and ToF-SIMS study

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Desenvolvimento de procedências de erva-mate em duas regiões de Santa Catarina.

Dois testes combinados de procedências e progênies de erva-mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) foram plantados, no mês de julho de 1997, em duas regiões ecologicamente distintas de Santa Catarina (Chapecó e Três Barras) com o objetivo de identificar indivíduos geneticamente superiores para a implantação de pomares de sementes por mudas e clonais. O material genético consiste de 137 progênies de meios-irmãos provenientes de oito procedências. O delineamento experimental empregado nos dois locais foi o de blocos ao acaso com cinco repetições de seis plantas por parcela, no espaçamento de 3,0 x 1,5 m (4,5 m2 por planta). A poda de formação foi efetuada em agosto de 1999. As podas de produção foram efetuadas em agosto/setembro de 2001 e janeiro/fevereiro de 2003, por volta de quatro anos e aos cinco anos e seis meses após o plantio, respectivamente. Os resultados apresentados nesse trabalho referem-se ao peso fresco de massa foliar obtido por ocasião da primeira e da segunda poda de produção. Tanto em Chapecó como em Três Barras as procedências mais produtivas foram as de Ivai, Cascavel, Quedas do Iguaçu e Barão de Cotegipe. O caracter peso de massa foliar está sob controle genético de média magnitude. Ganhos expressivos podem ser obtidos com a transformação dos testes combinados de procedência e progênie de erva-mate em pomares de sementes por mudas. Contudo, a estratégia de clonar os 50 indivíduos mais produtivos para um pomar de sementes clonal consiste na alternativa mais viável em virtude dos altos ganhos genéticos estimados para a produção de massa foliar.Secão: Conservação, Melhoramento e Multiplicação. Feira do Agronegócio da Erva-mate, 1., 2003, Chapecó. Integrar para promover o agronegócio da erva-mate

A cornucopia of presolar and early solar system materials at the micrometer size range in primitive chondrite matrix

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Trace element carrier phases in primitive chondrite matrix: Implications for volatile element fractionation in the inner Solar System

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Microcraters in aluminum foils exposed by Stardust

We will present preliminary results on the nature and size frequency distribution of microcraters that formed in aluminum foils during the flyby of comet Wild 2 by the Stardust spacecraft

Stardust in STARDUST - the C, N, and O Isotopic Compositions of Wild 2 Cometary Matter in Al foil Impacts

In January 2006, the STARDUST mission successfully returned dust samples from the tail of comet 81P/Wild 2 in two principal collection media, low density silica aerogel and Al foil. While hypervelocity impacts at 6.1 km/s, the encounter velocity of STARDUST, into Al foils are generally highly disruptive for natural, silicate-dominated impactors, previous studies have shown that many craters retain sufficient residue to allow a determination of the elemental and isotopic compositions of the original projectile. We have used the NanoSIMS to perform C, N, and O isotope imaging measurements on four large (59-370 microns diameter) and on 47 small (0.32-1.9 microns diameter) Al foil impact craters as part of the STARDUST Preliminary Examination. Most analyzed residues in and around these craters are isotopically normal (solar) in their C, N, and O isotopic compositions. However, the debris in one large crater shows an average 15N enrichment of approx. 450 %, which is similar to the bulk composition of some isotopically primitive interplanetary dust particles. A 250 nm grain in another large crater has an O-17 enrichment with approx. 2.65 times the solar O-17/O-16 ratio. Such an O isotopic composition is typical for circumstellar oxide or silicate grains from red giant or asymptotic giant branch stars. The discovery of this circumstellar grain clearly establishes that there is authentic stardust in the cometary samples returned by the STARDUST mission. However, the low apparent abundance of circumstellar grains in Wild 2 samples and the preponderance of isotopically normal material indicates that the cometary matter is a diverse assemblage of presolar and solar system materials

A New View on Interstellar Dust - High Fidelity Studies of Interstellar Dust Analogue Tracks in Stardust Flight Spare Aerogel

In 2000 and 2002 the Stardust Mission exposed aerogel collector panels for a total of about 200 days to the stream of interstellar grains sweeping through the solar system. The material was brought back to Earth in 2006. The goal of this work is the laboratory calibration of the collection process by shooting high speed [5 - 30km/s] interstellar dust (ISD) analogues onto Stardust aerogel flight spares. This enables an investigation into both the morphology of impact tracks as well as any structural and chemical modification of projectile and collector material. First results indicate a different ISD flux than previously assumed for the Stardust collection period

Surface-induced vibrational energy redistribution in methane/surface scattering depends on catalytic activity

Recent state-to-state experiments of methane scattering from Ni(111) and graphene-covered Ni(111) combined with quantum mechanical simulations suggest an intriguing correlation between the surface-induced vibrational energy redistribution (SIVR) during the molecule/surface scattering event and the catalytic activity for methane dissociation of the target surface (Werdecker, Phys. Rev. Res., 2020, 2, 043251). Herein, we report new quantum state and angle-resolved measurements for methane scattering from Ni(111) and Au(111) probing the extent of ν3→ν1 antisymmetric-to-symmetric conversion of methane stretching motion for two surfaces with different catalytic activities. Consistent with the expectations, the extent of SIVR occurring on the more catalytically active Ni(111) surface, as measured by the ν1:ν3 scattered population ratio, is found to be several times stronger than that on the more inert Au(111) surface. We also present additional insights on the rovibrational scattering dynamics contained in the angle- and state-resolved data. The results together highlight the power of state-resolved scattering measurements as a tool for investigating methane–surface interactions

Analysis of "Midnight" Tracks in the Stardust Interstellar Dust Collector: Possible Discovery of a Contemporary Interstellar Dust Grain

In January 2006, the Stardust sample return capsule returned to Earth bearing the first solid samples from a primitive solar system body, Comet 81P/Wild2, and a collector dedicated to the capture and return of contemporary interstellar dust. Both collectors were approximately 0.1m(exp 2) in area and were composed of aerogel tiles (85% of the collecting area) and aluminum foils. The Stardust Interstellar Dust Collector (SIDC) was exposed to the interstellar dust stream for a total exposure factor of 20 m(exp 2) day. The Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination (ISPE) is a three-year effort to characterize the collection using nondestructive techniques