Detritiation of water using microporous hollow-fiber membranes

Water Environment Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 180-187

  Kelso, Robert C ^a   Ahmed, Tariq ^b   Middlebrooks, E Joe ^b  

^a Bureau of Corrective Action Nevada Div of Environ Protection   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

design; mass transfer; membranes; model; removal; tritium

Indexed keywords

TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0030937907     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143097X125335     Document Type: Article

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