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The Iron Abundance in Blue Compact Galaxies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2016
Abstract
We determine the Fe abundances for several blue compact and emission-line galaxies. The O/Fe abundance ratios are found to increase with the metallicity of the galaxy, and to decrease with its degree of ionization. These correlations are interpreted as reflecting a decrease for lower metallicities of the depletion of Fe atoms on to dust grains, probably arising from the harder radiation fields prevailing at low metallicities.
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- Part 2. Origin
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 217: Recycling Intergalactic and Interslettar Matter , 2004 , pp. 198 - 199
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004