Tellurium in pre-solar diamonds as an indicator for rapid separation of supernova ejecta

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6664, 1998, Pages 261-263

  Richter, S ^a,b   Ott, U ^a   Begemann, F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; TELLURIUM; TIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON; XENON 134; XENON 136;

DIAMOND; METEORITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPE TRACING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; POLYMERIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032518277     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34605     Document Type: Article

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