What is an iron meteorite?
meteorite is the name of the meteor remnants after they have gone through the Earth's atmosphere and landed on the ground. Virtually all meteorites contain a certain amount of iron and nickel. Meteorites are classified depending on how much iron it contains. Iron meteorites contain the most, followed by stone iron meteorites and stone meteorites. Some theories suggest that they can also come from supernova because iron is produced by nuclear fusion. They consist of more than 90 percent of iron, with the remaining percentage of nickel. This composition causes the iron meteorite deceptively heavy for its size and highly magnetic. While they account for approximately 10 percent of the number of restored meteorites, their iron is 90 percent of the mass.emic composition or structure. Classification of chemical composition focuses on the number of trace elements present - everything that is not iron or nickel. These are usually elements such as Gallium, Iridium and Germanium. Based on their relative abundanceThe meteorite is placed in one of the 13 groups. 14. The group exists for iron meteorites that are not suitable for any of the 13 standard groups.
Structural classification is performed by exploring two iron-kamacite alloys and taenite-which are present in all iron meteorites. Iron meteorite is etched by a fine acid that leaves a clear arrangement of the Kamacit grid and the taenite known as the Widmansatten formula. Measurement of the width of Kamacit lines is determined by the structural class. There are eight standard structural classes. The ninth exists for iron meteorites that are not suitable for the standard class.
Some famous iron meteorites include Canyon Diablo, which fell in North Arizona, the United States, about 25,000 years ago and was the size of the building. Most meteorite was evaporated as it hit the ground but left a hole almost 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and deep 600 feet(183 meters). 15 tons (13,600 kg) Willatte Iron Meteorite was discovered in 1902 in the Oregon in the United States and is widely considered one of the most beautiful iron meteorites in the world. Sikhote-Alin fell in Eastern Siberia in 1947 and left a crater field with 99 different impact zones. Sikhote-alin fragments have melted in an unusual way as the Earth's atmosphere passes, which makes them a very sought-after collector.