A microstructural study of the Tishomingo meteorite |
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| Authors: | LK Ives MB Kasen RE Schramm AW Ruff RP Reed |
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| Institution: | National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC and Boulder, CO. U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Metallography, electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction techniques were employed to study a fragment of the Tishomingo iron meteorite. The results suggest the following thermal-mechanical history: The fragment was originally a large crystal of taenite (γ). Cooling through the α + γ phase boundary did not result in accompanying precipitation of kamacite (α). Transformation to a martensitic structure initiated between ? 25 and ?65°C. Transformation continued as the temperature fell to ? 75 to ? 115°C, resulting in approx 80% martensite (α′). Subsequent shock deformation and thermal aging processes substantially modified the taenite and martensite microstructures. Twins in the retained taenite phase are attributed to shock deformation at a pressure estimated for a single event at ~170 kbar. The existing complex, altered martensite structure containing both taenite and kamacite (3–15% Ni) particles was apparently the product of both shock deformation and thermal aging processes. The maximum temperature reached during thermal aging is estimated to be less than 400°C, and perhaps below 310°C. |
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