siderophile
Americanadjective
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(of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
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Geology. (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for metallic iron.
noun
Etymology
Origin of siderophile
Example Sentences
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Peters, B. J., Day, J. M. D. & Taylor, L. A. Early mantle heterogeneities in the Réunion hotspot source inferred from highly siderophile elements in cumulate xenoliths.
From Nature • Feb. 27, 2018
Kadlag, Y. & Becker, H. Highly siderophile and chalcogen element constraints on the origin of components of the Allende and Murchison meteorites.
From Nature • Nov. 28, 2017
Fractionation of siderophile elements in the Earth’s upper mantle.
From Nature • Nov. 28, 2017
This theory requires gold and other siderophile elements to be more soluble than has previously been thought, otherwise insufficient quantities would have dissolved in the magma.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2013
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