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Some Properties of Soil and Synthetic Iron Oxides

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Soil Colloids and Their Associations in Aggregates

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The sizes of Fe-oxide crystals in soils usually range between 10 and 100 nm. Together with the poorly crystalline Al-silicates, such as allophane and the humic substances, the iron oxides are among the smallest particles found in soils. From a comparison of the sizes of common soil minerals it can be seen that iron oxides usually belong to those soil minerals which have very small particle sizes. Consequently, iron oxide particles can contribute significantly to the total surface area of soils even when they compose only a few per cent of the components.

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Schwertmann, U. (1990). Some Properties of Soil and Synthetic Iron Oxides. In: De Boodt, M.F., Hayes, M.H.B., Herbillon, A., De Strooper, E.B.A., Tuck, J.J. (eds) Soil Colloids and Their Associations in Aggregates. NATO ASI Series, vol 214. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2611-1_3

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