Laboratory for Space Sciences

Images of presolar grains

 

TEM images of high-density graphites (Murchison KFC)

TiCs (titanium carbides) found within KE3 graphites: a) euhedral TiC with amorphous/nanocrystalline rim, b) euhedral TiC c) anhedral, disordered TiC and d) kamacite with amorphous/nanocrystalline rim

Pristine silicon carbide grains from Murchison meteorite

High density graphites from Murchison KFC:

top) fragment of dense graphite with internal TiCs

and chromite grains; bottom) intergrown graphites

Low density graphite from Murchison KFC containing internal Ti(Zr,Mo,Ru)C grains

 

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