The Iron Abundance in Blue Compact Galaxies

Rodríguez, M.; Esteban, C.
Bibliographical reference

International Astronomical Union Symposium no. 217, held 14-17 July, 2003 in Sydney, Australia. Edited by P.-A. Duc, J. Braine, and E. Brinks. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004., p.198

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2004
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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.