Impact of organic ligands on uranium removal during anaerobic biological treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 73-80

  Robinson, Kevin G ^a   Ganesh, Rajagopalan ^a   Reed, Gregory D ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Bioreduction; Chelation; Ligand; Precipitation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC LIGANDS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; REMOVAL; URANIUM;

REMEDIATION;

ACETIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; LIGAND; OXALIC ACID; TIRON; URANIUM;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FILTER; PRECIPITATION;

DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; TIRON;

EID: 0031813476     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00236-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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