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The surface oxidation of pyrite

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The surface oxidation of pyrite in air-saturated acid solutions resulted in the formation of a surface sulfur layer the extent and nature of which depended on solution composition and exposure time.
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This article is published in Applied Surface Science.The article was published on 1987-01-01. It has received 261 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Iron sulfide & Sulfide.

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Pyrite oxidation: a state-of-the-art assessment of the reaction mechanism

TL;DR: In this paper, the most important steps in the overall process of the pyrite oxidation were mapped to the cathodic sites, where oxygen atoms from water molecules attach to the sulfur atoms to form sulfoxy species, through the crystal to cathodic Fe(II) sites where they are acquired by the oxidant species.
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The geochemistry of acid mine drainage

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed and applied molecular tools to determine the activity and role of microorganisms in sulfide-mineral-bearing systems and developed tools for assessing the toxicity of mine-waste effluent.
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The mechanisms of pyrite oxidation and leaching: A fundamental perspective

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used XPS-and XANES-imaging to correlate chemistry with topography at a submicron scale and found that pyrite species are heterogeneously distributed on the surface and oxidation to be highly site specific.
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Surface reactivity of pyrite and related sulfides

TL;DR: Pyrite is the most common sulfide in the Earth's surface region as discussed by the authors, and it is a key component of a prebiotic iron sulfide world existing at the high pressure and temperature conditions common to hydrothermal vents at the oceanic floor.
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X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study of a pristine pyrite surface reacted with water vapour and air

TL;DR: In this paper, the X-ray photoelectron (XPS) spectrum of pyrite fracture surfaces, exposed for 7 h to water vapour at low pressure (10−5 Pa), showed no change to their Fe(2p) or S(2 p) X-Ray photoelectRON (Xps) spectrum, but oxygen deposition occurs as H2O, OH− and O2− (74, 19, and 7%, respectively).
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High-Resolution X-Ray Photoemission Spectrum of the Valence Bands of Gold

TL;DR: In this paper, high-resolution gold-valence-band photoemission spectra were obtained by the use of monochromatized k-ensuremath-alpha (kα) radiation and a single-crystal specimen.
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Hartree-Slater subshell photoionization cross-sections at 1254 and 1487 eV.

TL;DR: In this article, the results of photoelectric cross-sections for the Kα lines of magnesium at 1254 eV and of aluminum at 1487 eV were given for Z values up to 96.
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Quantitative electron spectroscopy of surfaces: A standard data base for electron inelastic mean free paths in solids

TL;DR: In this paper, a compilation of all published measurements of electron inelastic mean free path lengths in solids for energies in the range 0-10 000 eV above the Fermi level is presented.
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Core and valence level photoemission studies of iron oxide surfaces and the oxidation of iron

TL;DR: The core and valence level XPS spectra of FexO (x ~ 0.90-0.95), Fe2O3 (α and γ), Fe3O4; and FeOOH have been studied under a variety of sample surface conditions as discussed by the authors.
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