Viking's Experiments and Hypothesis that Fe(VI) Is a Possible Candidate as a Martian Oxidant

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• 作者：Tsapin ; A. ; Goldfeld ; M. ; Nealson ; K.
• 刊名：Icarus
• 出版年：2002
• 出版时间：September, 2002
• 年：2002
• 卷：159
• 期：1
• 页码：268
• 全文大小：38.4 K

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In this rebuttal to G. Levin's critique of our previous publication, we claim again that iron(VI) is a very good candidate as a martian oxidant. Our experiments cannot be explained as a result of microbial activities, as we showed that Fe(VI) could be used as a sterilizing agent for destroying microorganisms, nucleic acids, and proteins.