la materia nell'universo; chimica cosmica; il giovane sistema solare e la formazione di pianeti; meteoriti: condriti, acondriti, pallasiti e ferrosi; Metodi: spettrometria di massa, XAS, Mossbauer, microscopia elettronica
Brief review of fundamentals of chemistry and mineralogy. The Sun. The electromagnetic spectrum. Planck.
Principles of spectroscopy. XAS, XANES, EXAFS. The spectrometer. Absorption, Fluorescence, Beer-Lambert
First 100 Ma. Stellar era. Disk era. Telluric era. Accretion and differentiation - core formation, early atmospheres. Late Veneer Model. Isotopes. Radiogenesis. Decay modes. Isotopic fractionation. Heavy elements. Nucleosynthesis. The alpha process. Nuclear binding energy. Solar Nebular Disk Model. Early history of the Solar System. Mass spectrometry. The mass spectrometer. applications: Isotope ratios and dating, organic compounds. Short-lived radioisotopes and their importance: 26-Al and 60Fe;
General aspects of meteorites. Falls/Finds. Statistics. Impacts. Sikhote-Alin, Hobe, Allende, Sutters Mill, Murchison. Classification schemes. Generalities of chondrites. Carbonaceous chondrites - classes. Importance. Early studies - Prior, Urey-Craig, Anders. Elemental abundances, stable isotopes. CI, CM, CR, CO, CV, CK, CH petrographic indices, petrologic grades
SEM and TEM - main uses for meteorite studies - BSE imaging, HR imaging
Formation theories for chondrules. Chondrule mineralogy - RP, PP, BO, PO, POP, GOP. The glass transition. Nucleation and growth. Murchison, Renzazzo, fO2, fH2O, TFL, metal contents, cryptocristallinity, Fe partitionin, massive organic compounds
Equilibrium thermodynamics, buffers, Mossbauer spectroscopy, Crystal Field theory, UV-VIS spectroscopy; CAI, REE, L chondrites, shock effects and experiments, noble gases, diffusion; Urey-Craig, O-isotopes, Mercury, Bencubbin, CRE cosmic ray exposure, Rumuruti and Kakangari chondrites; Vesta, HED meteorites, Elasticity and equations of state, Bulk moduli
Urelites, Aubrites, lithophile to calcophile, viscosity, Newtonian and non-Newtonian behavior, melt polymerization, partial molar volume; The moon timeline and chemistry, Theia, SNC meteorites, Mars atmosphere, volcanism, Allan Hills,
Pallasites, mesosiderites, the iron group classification, Fe-Ni phase diagram, core formation models, the asteroid belt, Kirkwood gaps, asteroid types, H2O on Earth
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