Two earth years of Mössbauer studies of the surface of Mars with MIMOS II
@article{Klingelhfer2006TwoEY, title={Two earth years of M{\"o}ssbauer studies of the surface of Mars with MIMOS II}, author={G{\"o}star Klingelh{\"o}fer and Richard V. Morris and P. A. Jr. Souza and Daniel S. Rodionov and Christian Schr{\"o}der}, journal={Hyperfine Interactions}, year={2006}, volume={170}, pages={169-177} }
The element iron plays a crucial role in the study of the evolution of matter from an interstellar cloud to the formation and evolution of the planets. In the Solar System iron is the most abundant metallic element. It occurs in at least three different oxidation states: Fe(0) (metallic iron), Fe(II) and Fe(III). Fe(IV) and Fe(VI) compounds are well known on Earth, and there is a possibility for their occurrence on Mars. In January 2004 the USA space agency NASA landed two rovers on the surface…
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