Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2007, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 102-106.
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JIANG Song-sheng
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Abstract: The origin of 3He has been assumed to be of primordial origin, trapped within the Earth at the time that the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago. However, the obstacles for hypothesis of primordial origin of 3He have been met in explanation of 3He paradoxes in the Earth, for example, ①extremely high 3He/4He ratios in the diamonds and ②narrow distribution of 3He/4He in midocean ridge basalts (MORB) and the hydrothermal vent fluids at midocean ridge (MOR). Author have made a new investigation on the vertical profiles of tritium concentration in the crater lakes and found that both 3He and 3H released from Earthmantle were injected at the bottoms of Lakes Nemrut (Turkey) and Laacher (Germany). Both 3H and 3He are the products of nuclear fusion (d-d reaction). Tritium has a halflife of 12.4 years. The primordial tritium formed in the Earth 4.6 billion years ago already decayed to a negligible level in the Earth history. 3H concentration from any known nuclear reactions has been estimated to be less than 0.01 TU (1 TU means 3H/H=10-18),below detection limit. Author conclude that the d-d reaction might be induced near (in) the Earth core where are of hydrogenbearing minerals and rich U and Th at high temperature and high pressure.
JIANG Song-sheng. Does 3He in the Interior of the Earth is of “Primordial Origin”?[J]. Chinese Journal of Nature, 2007, 29(2): 102-106.
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