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Figure 54.
Miller-Urey experiment
It is difficult to test the iron-sulfur world hypothesis at hydrothermal vents, but laboratory experiments
simulating the high pressures and temperatures at the vents have yielded intriguing results. Iron and nickel
sulfides, for example, catalyze reactions between carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide, resulting in acetic
acid and other simple organic compounds.
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