THERMODYNAMIC MODELS IN COSMOCHEMISTRY AND PLANETOLOGY

Abstract

This publication is an attempt to systematically apply numerical simulations to investigations into cosmochemical and planetological systems. The approaches formulated during the development of stable techniques of numerical simulation of physicochemical processes on the basis of equilibrium thermodynamics, newly obtained estimates of the physicochemical parameters of the preplanetary nebula and the interiors of planets, as well as newly developed approaches to the modeling of stratification processes in self-gravitating systems can be regarded as the first systematic steps toward the creation of a comprehensive model for the physicochemical evolution of matter from the stage of interstellar dust to the distribution of this material in the outer shells of planetary bodies in natural geologic bodies, for example, layered intrusions.