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The influence of sample thickness on results of Mössbauer spectroscopy of ordinary chondrites and their classification

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Ordinary chondrites are the most frequently found type of meteorites (about 85% of all meteorites found). There are three types of ordinary chondrites: H, L and LL. They contain various amounts of iron (type H - high amount of iron, type L– low amount of iron, type LL– low amount of iron and low amount of metal). Typical Mӧssbauer spectrum of ordinary chondrite is composed of doublets associated with olivines and pyroxenes and sextets associated with troilite and FeNi alloy (such as kamacite and taenite). In 2019 Warsaw group elaborated a new method of classification of ordinary chondrites using the results of Mössbauer spectroscopy. This method, called 4M method, consists in calculating the similarity of the investigated sample to particular types of ordinary chondrites based on percentage of Mӧssbauer spectroscopy areas of four basic mineral phases: olivines, pyroxenes, metallic components, and troilites. The aim of our current study was to verify the hypothesis that the thickness of the investigated sample of ordinary chondrite has no effect on percentages of Mӧssbauer spectral areas associated with four main mineral phases present in ordinary chondrites. The results of our experimental study confirmed this hypothesis.

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  1. Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662, Warsaw, Poland

    Martyna Jakubowska & Jolanta Gałązka-Friedman

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Physics, University of Technology and Humanities, E. Stasieckiego 54, 26-600, Radom, Poland

    Katarzyna Brzózka

  3. Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warszawa, Poland

    Marek Woźniak

  4. Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia, Będzińska 60, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland

    Krzysztof Szopa

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All authors participated in the data analysis, M.J., K.B., M.W. J.G-F wrote the main manuscript text and M.W. prepared figures. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Jakubowska, M., Brzózka, K., Woźniak, M. et al. The influence of sample thickness on results of Mössbauer spectroscopy of ordinary chondrites and their classification. Hyperfine Interact 245, 3 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-024-01847-8

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