Illustration of iron minerals in soil (IMAGE)

Northwestern University

Illustration of iron minerals in soil

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Non-uniform distribution of charges on the surface of iron oxides attracts diverse types of organic compounds through mechanisms with different binding energies.

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Ludmilla Aristilde

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