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Properties and Behavior of Iron Oxides as Determined by Mössbauer Spectroscopy

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Iron in Soils and Clay Minerals

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During the decay of excited nuciear states, γ-rays are emitted which typically have energies that lie in the keV to MeV range. Because of these high energies, nuclei experience a significant impulse during emission and absorption of γ-quanta, i,e., they can recoil to a certain extent, and the γ-ray energy will change accordingly.

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Murad, E. (1988). Properties and Behavior of Iron Oxides as Determined by Mössbauer Spectroscopy. In: Stucki, J.W., Goodman, B.A., Schwertmann, U. (eds) Iron in Soils and Clay Minerals. NATO ASI Series, vol 217. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4007-9_12

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