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Mössbauer Investigation of Nitrogenase

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The basic principles of Mössbauer spectroscopy and its applications in Bioinorganic Chemistry have been described elsewhere.1 The present contribution is therefore restricted to some introductory remarks with respect to the method itself and is focused more on the specific results which have been derived from investigating nitro-genase.

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  1. Experimentalphysik I, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 85 Erlangen, West Germany

    Reinhart Zimmermann

  2. Angewandte Physik, Universität des Saarlandes, 66 Saarbrücken 11, West Germany

    Alfred X. Trautwein

  3. Physik, Medizinische Hochschule, 24 Lübeck 1, West Germany

    Alfred X. Trautwein

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    William E. Newton

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Zimmermann, R., Trautwein, A.X. (1983). Mössbauer Investigation of Nitrogenase. In: Müller, A., Newton, W.E. (eds) Nitrogen Fixation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8523-3_3

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