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  • Acid mine drainage contains Fe^3+. When it enters a river with higher pH, it precipitates out as an ugly slime called “yellow boy.”
    Larry Gonick & Craig Criddle, The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry (New York: Collins Reference, 2005), p. 173

    July 23, 2019