Iron tubes (IMAGE)

American Society of Agronomy

Iron tubes

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PVC pipes painted with rust, known as IRIS tubes, help track how much oxygen is in the soil. When there isn't enough oxygen, microbes will turn the rust into regular iron, which washes away. These tubes are drying after being extracted from the experiments and rinsed.

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J.C. Fiola

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