Mitigation of uranium in effluents by zero valent iron: The role of iron corrosion products

Proceedings of the International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, ICEM

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1441-1446

  Noubactep, Chicgoua ^a   Volke, Peter ^a   Merkel, Broder ^a   Meinrath, Günther ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CORROSION; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IRON SCRAP; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; SOLUTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION; COMPLEXATION; IONS; IRON; MINING;

ZERO VALENT IRON (ZVI); HUMIC SUBSTANCES; IMMOBILIZATION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS;

URANIUM; URANIUM MINES;

EID: 0036386259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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