Gas trapping in water ice at very low deposition rates and implications for comets
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The effect of water ice formation temperature and rate of ice deposition on a cold plate on the amount of trapped argon (equivalent to CO), and the ratios of Ar/Kr/Xe trapped in the water ice were studied at 50, 27 and 22 K and at ice formation rates ranging over four orders of magnitude, from 10 1 to 10 5 m min . Contrary to our previous conclusions that cometary ices were formed at 50–60 K, we now conclude that these ices were formed at about 25 K. At 25 K the enrichment ratios for Ar, Kr, and Xe remained the same as those at 50 K, reinforcing our suggestion of cometary contribution of these noble gases to the atmospheres of Earth and Mars. © 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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