widmanstätten pattern

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf crystal structure pattern
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Thomson structure
gptkbp:compatibleWith terrestrial iron
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:William_Thomson
Alois von Widmanstätten
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1808
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Vienna,_Austria
gptkbp:formationTime millions of years
gptkbp:foundIn iron meteorites
pallasites
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label widmanstätten pattern
gptkbp:microscopicStructure lamellae of different iron-nickel alloys
gptkbp:namedAfter Alois von Widmanstätten
gptkbp:pattern ataxite
octahedrite
hexahedrite
gptkbp:requires nickel-iron alloy
gptkbp:significance evidence of slow cooling in parent body
gptkbp:structureType interleaving bands of kamacite and taenite
gptkbp:usedFor identification of meteorites
gptkbp:visibleAfter etching with nitric acid
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:IAB_iron_meteorite
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7