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(4) Field: Earth Science/Geoscience/Environment Session Topic: Stable Isotopes in Earth Space Science Introductory Speaker: Tomoki Nakamura, Kyushu University Our solar system is made up with a variety of elements having atomic weight from 1 to over 300 u. In the Sun, only He is produced from H through the nuclear fusion reactions. Therefore, most elements heavier than He were already present in the beginning of solar system and had been produced in stars that were active before solar system formation. Elements are characterized by the number of protons and electrons, i. e., oxygen has eight protons and electrons. Atom core consists of protons and neutrons. It is common that atom core contains variable number of neutrons and constant number of protons. In the case of oxygen, three types of cores are present. They are 16O, 17O, and 18O with 8, 9, and 10 neutrons, respectively, and are called oxygen isotopes. Isotopes differ in atomic weight but are similar in behavior during chemical reactions because they have the same number of electrons. Therefore, isotope ratios such as 18O/16O change little during chemical reactions. However, in earth and planetary science, the subtle changes of isotope ratios help a lot in elucidating the origin and formation of planetary materials. For expression of small differences in isotope ratios, delta values are defined. For instance in the case of oxygen (18O/16O) ratio; δ18OSMOW = [(18O/16O)observation/(18O/16O)SMOW -1] x 1000 (‰: permil) where SMOW is standard mean ocean water that is used as a standard material for oxygen isotope ratios. Isotope ratios change during physico-chemical and nuclear reactions. In the physico-chemical reactions, mass differences between isotopes are responsible for changing isotope ratios, because heavier isotopes are more difficult to move than lighter ones. Such isotope changes are called mass-dependent fractionation. The large isotope fractionation takes place between two isotopes with a large mass difference. In the case of oxygen, the fractionation in (18O/16O) is two times larger than that in (17O/16O). It comes to be known that some particular chemical reactions cause isotope fractionation whose magnitude does not correlate with mass. Such strange fractionations are called mass-independent fractionation. The fractionations are observed in major elements such as oxygen and sulfur in both terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials; thus they are an important process to be clarified. The two speakers of the session will explain more details in conjunction with their own researches.