Kinetics of dissolution of uranium metal foil by alkaline hydrogen peroxide

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 473-481

  Dong, Daojie ^a,b   Vandegrift, George F ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OWENS CORNING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FISSION REACTIONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; METAL FOIL; MOLYBDENUM; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PH; TECHNETIUM;

ALKALI CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL ISOTOPE;

URANIUM;

EID: 0030284677     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE96-A17925     Document Type: Article

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