Reduction and Activation of Phosphate on the Primitive Earth
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Discover Life
- Vol. 30 (5) , 405-410
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006700512902
Abstract
Electrical discharges in water-saturated N2 containing 1–10% CH4were shown earlier toreduce phosphate to phosphite. This mechanism was suggestedas a possible source of water-soluble...Keywords
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