Radiocolloids in leachate from the NRC field lysimeter investigations

Waste Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-53

  Brey, Richard R ^a   Butikofer, Thayne ^a   McConnell, J W ^b   Rogers, R D ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOID; LEACHATE; LYSIMETER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLLOID; GRAVIMETRY; LEACHING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031722882     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(98)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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