Heat-induced changes in speciation and extraction of uranium associated with sheet silicate minerals

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1121-1135

  Ritherdon, Benjamin ^a,d   Hughes, Colin R ^a   Curtis, Charles D ^a   Livens, Francis R ^a   Mosselmans, J Fred W ^b   Richardson, Steve ^c   Braithwaite, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d Harwell Radwaste Service B 175   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACTION; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROXYLATION; THERMOANALYSIS; URANIUM; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

SPECIATION;

SILICATE MINERALS;

EXTRACTION; HEATING; MINERAL ALTERATION; MONTMORILLONITE; MUSCOVITE; SILICATE MINERAL; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM;

EID: 0038010390     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(02)00244-5     Document Type: Article

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