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7 - Mössbauer Spectroscopy

Theory and Laboratory Spectra of Geologic Materials

from Part I - Theory of Remote Compositional Analysis Techniques and Laboratory Measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2019

By
M. Darby Dyar  and
Elizabeth C. Sklute
Edited by
Janice L. Bishop ,
James F. Bell III  and
Jeffrey E. Moersch
Janice L. Bishop
Affiliation:
SETI Institute, California
James F. Bell III
Affiliation:
Arizona State University
Jeffrey E. Moersch
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Summary

The technique of Mössbauer spectroscopy is the gold standard for measurements of the redox state, coordination environment, and site occupancy of iron in geologic materials. Laboratory measurements typically involve measurements on 5–300 mg of powdered material. Mössbauer is also used to identify mineralogy of iron oxide phases and in some cases to constrain the distribution of Fe among mixed silicate phases in a rock. Together, these uses fill a need in the terrestrial and extraterrestrial communities for understanding Fe redox states, and by inference, oxygen fugacity, as oxygen evolves on planetary bodies. This chapter provides a background for understanding the Mössbauer effect and interpretation of its hyperfine parameters.

Keywords

center shiftisomer shiftquadrupole splittingMössbauerrecoil-free fractionoxygen fugacity
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Remote Compositional Analysis
Techniques for Understanding Spectroscopy, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of Planetary Surfaces
 , pp. 147 - 167
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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