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    Distant Planet’s Interior Chemistry may Differ from our Own: Mg

    September 1, 2015, Categories  Astronomy/Space, Chemistry/Nanotechnology, Environment/Geology

    The crystal structure of magnesium peroxide, MgO2, courtesy of Sergey Lobanov, created using K. Momma's program for drawing crystal structures. Credit: Sergey Lobanov Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-09-distant-planet-interior-chemistry-differ.html#jCp

    The crystal structure of magnesium peroxide, MgO2, courtesy of Sergey Lobanov, created using K. Momma’s program for drawing crystal structures. Credit: Sergey Lobanov 

    New Carnegie research demonstrates different magnesium compounds could be abundant inside other planets as compared to Earth. O and Mg are the two most-abundant elements in Earth’s mantle. However, when predicting the chemical compositions of rocky, terrestrial planets outside of our own Solar System, they shouldn’t assume that other rocky planets would have Earth-like mantle mineralogy, according to Carnegie’s Sergey Lobanov, Nicholas Holtgrewe, and Alexander Goncharov.

    Eg. elevated oxygen contents have been observed in stars that host rocky planets...

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