Formation of surface phosphate phases on metallic iron
Abstract
Conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy shows that iron(II) phosphate octahydrate is formed as a surface phase when metallic iron is treated by two different phosphating processes; modest heating in air dehydrates this surface species to iron(II) phosphate tetrahydrate whereas the bulk octahydrate is converted under similar conditions into an iron(III) species.
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