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Compared to the average composition of the solar nebula (as determined by solar photospheric abundances), most meteorites and planets are depleted in volatile elements. The only exceptions are CI chondrites and perhaps interstellar dust particles and comets. The depletion of volatile elements is one of the most important fractionation processes that has affected solid matter in the early solar system...