Tetrahedral iron can help clays exchange electrons about ten times faster

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What happened

Smectites are clay minerals that can contain large amounts of structural iron.

Unlike iron oxides, they do not dissolve when their iron is reduced, so they can be reduced and reoxidized many times.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:40:09 UTC.

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