IRON AND ITS COMPOUNDS

Sullivan, R. J. Preliminary Air Pollution Survey of Iron and Its Compounds. A Literature Review. National Air Pollution Control Administration Publication No. 69-38. Bethesda, Md. Litton Systems, Inc., 1%9. 94 pp. 

Tt is well known that iron is a common constituent of works of art and of artifacts of archaeological interest. This is undoubtedly because of its occurrence in most rocks of the earths crust and in a variety of colored compounds. The chemistry of iron compounds is fairly complex, and the form in which it is eventually found in an object can provide information on the source and the technique of manufacture of that object. Mossbauer effect spectroscopy (MES) is particularly suitable for studying iron and its compounds. Already there are two published reports 1,2) of MES applied to the study of ancient pottery. However, those studies, like most MES work, required sample taking and preparation. We have explored the possibility of nondestructive MES and now report on practicality of this method. Since there are many good descrip-... 

Iron and its compounds are environmentally acceptable redox agents that are finding increased use in remediating toxic waste in groundwaters 1... 

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