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Definition of widmanstätten pattern

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IVA iron meteorite

Muonionalusta meteorite, Kitkiöjärvi, Pajala, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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IVA iron meteorite

Muonionalusta meteorite, Kitkiöjärvi, Pajala, Norrbotten County, Sweden
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IVA iron meteorite

Muonionalusta meteorite, Kitkiöjärvi, Pajala, Norrbotten County, Sweden

Widmanstätten pattern


A pattern found in many iron meteorites, which consists of a fine to coarse intergrowth of bands of kamacite and taenite, formed from slow exsolution, in an octahedral arrangement, from an original high temperature iron-nickel alloy.


References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widmanst%C3%A4tten_pattern


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