Goldschmidt: Goldschmidt's classification of the elements

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Goldschmidt's classification of the elements

Description

Sets containing the elements classified after Goldschmidt.

Usage

Lithophile

Chalcophile

Siderophile

Atmophile

Format

Lithophile: character vector with 46 elements.

Chalcophile: character vector with 15 elements.

Siderophile: character vector with 15 elements.

Atmophile: character vector with 10 elements.

Details

The geochemical behavior of the elements is controlled by many factors (e.g. ionic radius, volatility, redox, ...). Therefore, the elements can be classified in several ways. A common classification scheme is that developed by V. M. Goldschmidt, which is based on the affinity of elements to form different types of compounds. The Elements are characterized as:

1. lithophile (rock-loving): elements with a strong affinity for forming oxides and silicate minerals.

2. chalcophile (copper-loving): elements with a strong affinity for forming sulfides.

3. siderophile (iron-loving): elements with a strong affinity to form metals or solid solutions in metals.

4. atmophile (air-loving): elements that exist either uncombined or as highly volatile compounds.

References

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Marshall1999georefdatar

Examples

# List the atmophile elements
Atmophile

# Show the electron configuration of the atmophile elements
pte[pte$Symbol %in% Atmophile, c("Symbol", "ElectronConfiguration")]

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