Ion-exchange considerations in dilute chemical decontamination processes operated in the regenerative mode

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 228-249

  Rufus, Appadurai Lagorious ^a,b,c   Velmurugan, Sankaralingam ^a,c,d,e   Sasikumar, Padma ^a,f,g   Sathyaseelan, Valil Sreedharan ^a,h   Narasimhan, Sevilimedu Veeravalli ^a,i   Mathur, Pratap Kumar ^a,j,k  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BARC Training School   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^e THE AMERICAN COLLEGE   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT   (India)

^g ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^j UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Apparent capacity; Decontamination; Ion exchange

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DISSOLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; PH; RADIOISOTOPES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION;

DECONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032069333     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT98-A2865     Document Type: Article

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