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Zinc Isotopes Provide Clues to Volatile Loss During Moon Formation. Lodders (2003). Zn: Paniello et al (2012) Cr: Lugmair and Shukolyukov (1998) Ti: Zhang et al. (2012) W: Touboul et al. (2007).
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Zinc Isotopes Provide Clues to Volatile Loss During Moon Formation Lodders (2003) Zn: Paniello et al (2012) Cr: Lugmair and Shukolyukov (1998) Ti: Zhang et al. (2012) W: Touboul et al. (2007) Refractory elements Cr, Ti, and W are strikingly similar in the Moon and Earth, but volatile Zn is significantly different. Its elevated 66Zn suggests fractionation during lunar formation by a giant impact.