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Elemental composition of the Chelyabinsk meteorite determined by neutron activation analysis

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The elemental composition of the fragment of one of the biggest meteorites, which entered the Earth's atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia was investigated by instrumental neutron activation analysis at the IBR-2 reactor. A total of 27 major and trace elements Si, Ti, Cr, Al, Fe, Mn, Mg, Ca, Na, K, V, Sc, Co, Ni, Zn, As, Se, Rb, Mo, Ag, Sb, Cs, Sm, Tm, Ir, Au, U was determined in the analyzed fragment. Obtained values were compared with the average composition of LL-chondrites and results reported by other scientific groups.

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  1. Institute for Physics of Mining Processes NAS Ukraine, Dnipro, Ukraine

    Andrey Kirillov

  2. Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Russian Federation

    Dmitrii Grozdov & Inga Zinicovscaia

  3. Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Magurele, Romania

    Inga Zinicovscaia

  4. Saint-Petersburg Mining University, St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation

    Tatyana Vasilenko

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Kirillov, A., Grozdov, D., Zinicovscaia, I. et al. Elemental composition of the Chelyabinsk meteorite determined by neutron activation analysis. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 249–253 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-08078-z

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