Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jgr....84.8391b&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 84, Issue B14, p. 8391-8394
Physics
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Scientific paper
Exchange of O2 for H2O, analogous to that recorded on Mars by the Viking GEX experiment has been observed on humidifying powdered β-MnO2 (Pyrolusite) which had been irradiated by UV in a humidified analog of the Martian atmosphere. Pyrolusite irradiated in a dry atmosphere did not release O2 on humidification. The XPS spectra of Mn and O of the reactive pyrolusite were shifted toward higher binding energies during UV irradiation. These shifts are consistent with the creation of a surface layer of a Mn(V) or Mn(VI) compound. The destruction of such a layer on humidification could account for the observed O2 release. Although manganese has not been identified in the Martian regolith, the upper limit of the Mn concentration is sufficiently high that O2 release from pyrolusite could been responsible for the results of the Viking GEX experiment.
Blackburn Thomas R.
Ceasar Gerald P.
Holland Heinrich D.
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