Abstract-Noble gases were measured in the Kapoeta achondrite by means of step-wise closed-system acidetching with H2SO3. Isotopic ratios indicate that He, Ne and Ar are primarily solar in origin, although elemental abundance ratios indicate that the He and Ne have been significantly depleted relative to the Ar. Xenon is dominated by a typical trapped meteoritic component, and the same is probably true for Kr. The initial 11% of the Ar released from the sample by acid etching has a cumulative 36Ar/38Ar ratio of 5.58 2 0.03, which indicates that the solar wind at some time in the past had a 36Ar/38Ar ratio significantly above previous values suggested for this ratio.
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