The speciation of uranium in a smectite clay: Evidence for catalysed uranyl reduction

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 113-121

  Giaquinta, D M ^a   Soderholm, L ^a   Yuchs, S E ^a   Wasserman, S R ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysed reduction; Smectite clay; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001721022     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1997.76.3.113     Document Type: Article

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