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Magnetic Properties of Iron in Soil Iron Oxides and Clay Minerals

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Iron in Soils and Clay Minerals

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The pie chart in Fig. 14-1 indicates the abundance of Fe relative to other major elements in the earth’s crust. It is the only one of the nine to bear a magnetic moment in its compounds. The bar chart compares the abundance of Fe with that of other magnetic ions, on a logarithmic scale. Since Fe is approximately forty times more abundant than all the others put together, it follows that magnetic properties of soils and clay minerals derive essentially from the Fe they contain. Magnetic measurements are highly specific to Fe, but, as we shall see, they are much more sensitive to some mineral forms (e.g., magnetite, maghemite, pyrrhotite) than to others.

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Coey, J.M.D. (1988). Magnetic Properties of Iron in Soil Iron Oxides and Clay Minerals. 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_14

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