Martian Oxidant: May be Ferrate (Fe(VI))?
Fe(VI) in the form of ferrate salts, with FeO(sub 4)(sup 2-) anion, was studied for its spectral and oxidative properties, with the question of whether it might be a suitable analog of the Mars soil oxidant, proposed as a result of the Viking missions of the early 1970s.
Iron Ferrate Martian Oxidant↗