A Comparative Evaluation of Metal Humic and Fulvic Acid Predictive Models

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-19

  Warwick, Peter ^a   Hall, Tony ^a   Read, David ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RM Consultants Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexation; Humic acid; Metals; MINTEQA2; Modelling; PHREEQEV

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001875009     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1996.73.1.11     Document Type: Review

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