Design, synthesis, and uptake performance of ABEC resins for the removal of pertechnetate from alkaline radioactive wastes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1676-1682

  Bond, Andrew H ^a,b   Chang, Frank W K ^a   Thakkar, Anil H ^a   Williamson, Joel M ^a   Gula, Michael J ^a   Harvey, James T ^a   Griffin, Scott T ^c   Rogers, Robin D ^c   Horwitz, E Philip ^b  

^a Eichrom Technologies LLC   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES; RESINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AQUEOUS BIPHASIC EXTRACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY (ABEC); SELECTIVE EXTRACTION;

EXTRACTION;

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; RESIN;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC WARFARE; EXTRACTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032922696     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980072n     Document Type: Article

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