Understanding the mechanism of uranium removal from groundwater by zero- valent iron using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1466-1473

  Fiedor, Joseph N ^a,b   Bostick, William D ^a   Jarabek, Robert J ^a   Farrell, James ^c  

^a East Tennessee Technology Park   (United States)

^b WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; IRON OXIDES; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; URANIUM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS (ESCA);

RADIOISOTOPE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

FERRIC OXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON OXIDE; URANIUM;

GROUNDWATER; REMOVAL; URANIUM; X-RAY TECHNIQUE;

GROUNDWATER; URANIUM; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; OXIDATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0032524164     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es970385u     Document Type: Article

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