Copper, a native metal found in ores, is the principal metal in bronze and brass. It is a
reddish metal with a density of 8920 kg m− 3. All of copper's compounds tend to be brightly …

1609 AD marked the beginning of the modern scientific exploration of the Moon's crust when
Thomas Harriot and later Galileo Galilei made the first recorded maps of the nearside with …

In order to check the heterogeneity of the CI chondrites and determine the average
composition of this group of meteorites, we analyzed a series of six large chips (weighing …

The Moon has a tenuous atmosphere produced by space weathering. The short-lived nature
of the atoms surrounding the Moon necessitates continuous replenishment from lunar …

The terrestrial planets are depleted in volatile elements with respect to chondritic meteorites,
their possible building blocks. However, the timing, extent and origin of volatile depletion is …

Volatile elements have a fundamental role in the evolution of planets. But how budgets of
volatiles were set in planets, and the nature and extent of volatile-depletion of planetary …

The zinc stable isotope system has been successfully applied to many and varied fields in
geochemistry, but to date it is still not completely clear how this isotope system is affected by …

Geochemical data for H 2 O and other volatiles, as well as major and trace elements, are
reported for 377 samples of lunar volcanic glass from three chemical groups (A15 green …

A large set of zinc (Zn) stable isotope data for continental basalts from eastern China were
reported to investigate the application of Zn isotopes as a new tracer of deep carbonate …

Isotope ratios of heavy elements vary on the 1/10000 level in high temperature materials,
providing a fingerprint of the processes behind their origin. Ensuring that the measured …