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The deuterium/hydrogen distribution in chondritic organic matter attests to early ionizing irradiation

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  • Boris Laurent

    (UMET, Université Lille 1, CNRS UMR 8207)

  • Mathieu Roskosz

    (UMET, Université Lille 1, CNRS UMR 8207)

  • Laurent Remusat

    (IMPMC, CNRS UMR 7590, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, IRD, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle)

  • François Robert

    (IMPMC, CNRS UMR 7590, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, IRD, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle)

  • Hugues Leroux

    (UMET, Université Lille 1, CNRS UMR 8207)

  • Hervé Vezin

    (LASIR, Université de Lille 1, CNRS UMR 8516)

  • Christophe Depecker

    (UMET, Université Lille 1, CNRS UMR 8207)

  • Nicolas Nuns

    (Institut M.E. Chevreul, Université de Lille 1, CNRS, FR 2638)

  • Jean-Marc Lefebvre

    (UMET, Université Lille 1, CNRS UMR 8207)

Abstract

Primitive carbonaceous chondrites contain a large array of organic compounds dominated by insoluble organic matter (IOM). A striking feature of this IOM is the systematic enrichment in deuterium compared with the solar hydrogen reservoir. This enrichment has been taken as a sign of low-temperature ion-molecule or gas-grain reactions. However, the extent to which Solar System processes, especially ionizing radiation, can affect D/H ratios is largely unknown. Here, we report the effects of electron irradiation on the hydrogen isotopic composition of organic precursors containing different functional groups. From an initial terrestrial composition, overall D-enrichments and differential intramolecular fractionations comparable with those measured in the Orgueil meteorite were induced. Therefore, ionizing radiation can quantitatively explain the deuteration of organics in some carbonaceous chondrites. For these meteorites, the precursors of the IOM may have had the same isotopic composition as the main water reservoirs of the inner Solar System.

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  • Boris Laurent & Mathieu Roskosz & Laurent Remusat & François Robert & Hugues Leroux & Hervé Vezin & Christophe Depecker & Nicolas Nuns & Jean-Marc Lefebvre, 2015. "The deuterium/hydrogen distribution in chondritic organic matter attests to early ionizing irradiation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms9567
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9567
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