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Yang & Epstein 1985
Yang, J. and Epstein, S. (1985). A search for presolar organic matter in meteorite. Geophysical Research Letters 12: doi: 10.1029/GL012i002p00073. issn: 0094-8276.

The D/H ratios and the 13C/12C ratios of acid-insoluble organic matter of 4 meteorites, Ochansk (H4), Plainview (H5), Gladstone (H6) and Odessa (IA), were measured. ΔD values for hydrogen extracted by stepwise combustion were negative, down to -280%. Δ13C values were also negative except in the case of the carbon coming off at the highest temperature steps for Plainview and Odessa meteorites. The concentrations of 13C-rich carbon were 3--5 orders of magnitude smaller than those found in Murchison meteorite, suggesting that relic grains of stellar condensates were mostly destroyed in the meteorites examined.

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