The use of electromigration as a qualitative technique to study the migration behaviour and speciation of uranium in the Boom Clay

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 90, Issue 9-11, 2002, Pages 741-746

  Maes, N ^a   Moors, H ^a   Wang, L ^a   Delecaut G ^a   De Canniere P ^a   Put, M ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clay; Diffusion; Electromigration; Migration; Reduction; Speciation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; URANIUM 233;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CALCULATION; CLAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMIGRATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; REDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038717687     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2002.90.9-11_2002.741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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