Schreibersite: Synthesis, Characterization and Corrosion and Possible Implications for Origin of Life

We present study of the synthesis and reactions of an analog of the meteoritic mineral schreibersite with formula (Fe,Ni)3P, believed to be a prebiotic source of reactive phosphorus that may have prompted the formation of phosphorylated biomolecules near the time of the origin of life (Pasek and Lau...

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Main Author: La Cruz, Nikita Latesha
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2015
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5724
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6922&context=etd