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Mark Davis & I received the following report from Amitabh Chhajlani of
India. I don't know about Mark, but this is a little out of my area of
expertise. I am forwarding this message to the meteorobs list in the
hope that someone will comment to both the list and Amitabh Chhajlani.
Amitabh's email address is: ujjain@vsnl.com
Many Thanks!
Bob
Amitabh Chhajlani Wrote:
Dear sir,
A terisstrial mass shining brightly was seen in the sky on 3rd may 99,
at about 7pm in Bhopal region of the central Indian state
Madhya Pradesh it exploded in the sky some
time latter at about this very time the remains of this mass fell on the
earth near a village Khandaria in Ujjain, District. A Bheel young
man Amar singh had seen it falling
and he had also noticed a flame about 5-7 ft. hight. There on 7th may
99, I visited this place as soon as I got the news and collected
the specimen of burnt grass and straw which
I handed over to Dr. K.V. Raghawan director of the Indian Institute of
Chemical Techonology, Hadrabad. During the Astoronomer's
meet Dr. Chandrashaker.K has done the chemical anelysis
of the above material the report of which is enclosed.
I request you to analyse this report and apprise me of the result. I
would like this chemical report analysed vis-a-vis the elements
discovered in the Comet Hayakuta,
so as to bring out the similirity or difference between the two.
Awaivating your analisis report
Joyti Prakash Shrivastava
27/1, Ground Floor
Jai Villa Deshra Madian
UJJAIN - 456 010 Your's sincerely
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No.Mr/Amal/98/12291/23-9-99 Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Dr. M. Vairamani Hyderabad - 500007
Area Leader Tel. : 7173482
Analytical Chemistry & Telex 0425-7061 IICT in
Mass Spectrometry Centre Telegram Research - Hyderabad
Shri Jyoti Prakash Shrivastava
27/1 Ground Floor
Jai - Villa
Deshra Maidan
UJJAIN - 456 010
Madhya Pradesh
Dear Dr. Shrivastava,
Please find enclosed herewith the analysis report of the samples
submitted by you to our Director, Dr. K.V. Raghavan. Delay in
submitting the report is regretted.
With kind regards,
Your's sincerely
(Dr. M. Vairamani)
Encl. As above
Report on materials Submitted by Mr. J.P. Shrivastava
UJJAIN (M.P.)
1. Carbon and Hydrogen analysis
Carbon 11.58%
Hydrogen 1.27%
2. Result of Total Organic Carbon analysis
The results are not reproduceable probably due to non-homogeneous
nature of the sample.
3. Analysis of various elements Present in the sample by ICP-MS
Table is enclosed herewith
ANALYSIS REPORT OF DIICT SAMPLE BY ICP-MS
Sr. No. Element D. Water Acid Diict
Blank Sample
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1. Ag NF NF NF
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2. Al NF NF 8418
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3. As 3.07 3.64 0.26
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4. Au 9.74 9.8 10.91
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5. Bi 18.35 18.57 19.04
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6. Ca 6.2 6.8 389.1
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7. Cd 1.91 5.66 5.66
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8. Co 9.74 9.97 64.43
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9. Cr NF NF 79.35
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10. Cu NF NF 99.40
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11. Fe 19.0 19.8 19.90
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12. Ga 4.10 13.97 14.15
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13. Ge 5.1 5.8 10.9
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14. Hg 3.36 14.15 16.31
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15. In NF NF NF
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16. Ir NF NF NF
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17. Mg 8.9 8.8 1578.9
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18. Mn NF NF 243.3
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19. Mo NF NF 3.45
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20. Ni NF NF 115.0
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21. Pb 2.4 2.4 16.3
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22. Pd NF NF NF
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23. Pt NF NF NF
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24. Ru NF NF NF
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25. S 242.6 197.2 202.3
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26. Sb NF 11.28 118.9
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27. Se 16.6 16.3 20.9
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28. Si NF 74.42 565.1
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29. Sr 52.9 51.6 8588.8
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30. Te 107.7 344.3 376.4
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31. Th NF NF NF
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32. Ti 0.9 1.9 143.3
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33. V NF NF NF
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34. Zn 16.6 44.74 21.61
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Analysis by : Chandra Sekhar K.
Analysis on : 17th Sept. 1999
- All Value in PPB
- 0.1gm in 100 ml
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