Technetium Speciation in Cement Waste Forms Determined by X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-86

  Allen, P G ^a,b   Siemering, G S ^a   Shuh, D K ^a   Bucher, J J ^a   Edelstein, N M ^a   Langton, C A ^c   Clark, B ^d   Reich, T ^e   Denecke, M A ^e  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cement; EXAFS; Technetium; X ray; XANES

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002859525     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1997.76.12.77     Document Type: Article

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