The UV radiation activated compounds like
magnesium perchlorate making it "capable of killing bacteria much more effectively than UV light alone," Edinburgh said.
Other perchlorate hydrates like those of sodium or magnesium show similar spectra as calcium perchlorate (Fischer et al., 2014), but especially
magnesium perchlorate tends to show fluorescence when excited by a 532 nm laser.
The most common salts were
magnesium perchlorate, magnesium chlorate and sodium perchlorate.
The most common salts were
magnesium perchlorate, magnesium chlorate and sodium perchlorate, all of which are consistent with flowing briny water.
The hydrated salts most consistent with the chemical signatures are likely a mixture of
magnesium perchlorate, magnesium chlorate and sodium perchlorate.
Planet The most common salts were
magnesium perchlorate, magnesium chlorate and sodium perchlorate, all consistent with flowing briny water.
But when researchers added
magnesium perchlorate to soil from Chile's Atacama Desert, known to contain organic compounds, and heated the soil as in the Viking experiments, the same chlorinated compounds were found.
