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Johnson & Burnett 1990

Johnson, M.L. and Burnett, D.S. (1990). Igneous origin for the Na in the cloud of IO. Geophysical Research Letters 17: doi: 10.1029/90GL00748. issn: 0094-8276.

We heated mixtures of sulfur and Na-bearing silicates in evacuated silica glass capsules to temperatures between 600 ¿C and 950 ¿C. At or above 850 ¿C, Na-silicate glass reacts with elemental S to form a (Na,K) sulfide. Mobilization of this phase may account for the presence of Na and K on the surface of Io, and hence in the material sputtered into the Jovian magnetosphere. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990

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Planetology, Fluid Planets, Atmospheres—composition and chemistry

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