The structure of U6+ sorption complexes on vermiculite and hydrobiotite

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 439-457

  Hudson, Eric A ^a,c   Terminello, Louis J ^a   Viani, Brian E ^a   Denecke, Melissa ^b   Reich, Tobias ^b   Allen, Patrick G ^a   Bucher, Jerome J ^a   Shuh, David K ^a   Edelstein, Norman M ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cation exchange; EXAFS; Sorption; Surface complex; Uranium; Uranyl; Vermiculite; XANES; XRD

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; DEHYDRATION; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SORPTION; URANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE (EXAFS) SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROBIOTITE; VERMICULITE; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE (XANES) SPECTROSCOPY;

SILICATE MINERALS;

BIOTITE; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; URANIUM; VERMICULITE;

EID: 0032728105     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1999.0470406     Document Type: Article

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