Iron Oxidation Defect Illustration (IMAGE)

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Iron Oxidation Defect Illustration

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Argonne researchers used coherent X-ray diffraction imaging to look at the strain inside an iron nanoparticle as it oxidized. This image shows the nanoparticle gradually oxidizing.

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Argonne National Laboratory

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