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4 - Grain Composition. “Solar Composition”. Abundances from Gas-Phase Depletions. Solar vs. OB Stars. Depletion. Abundance in Dust. Fractional Depletion. Solar System Dust. Meteoritic IDPs. Cometary IDPs. Equilibrated Aggregates Unequilibrated Aggregates.
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Solar vs. OB Stars Depletion Abundance in Dust Fractional Depletion
Equilibrated Aggregates Unequilibrated Aggregates “Nice” versus “Messy” stoichiometry “ternary” plots
Smectite IDPs (hydrous) Anhydrous IDPs Halley Dust Halley: Mg in Silicates & Fe NOT!
Cometary IDPs Glass with Embedded Metals and Sulfides
Dust Grains & Nucleosynthesis SiC 12C/13C ~ 3-1000 Graphite “Onions” Graphite “Cauliflower” Corundum Nanodiamonds Aluminum Oxides (corundum)
Cool Bottom Processing (AGB Stars)