Cesium migration in Hanford sediment: A multisite cation exchange model based on laboratory transport experiments

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 219-246

  Steefel, Carl I ^a   Carroll, Susan ^a   Zhao, Pihong ^a   Roberts, Sarah ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cation exchange; Cesium migration; Column technique; Competitive sorption; Modeling; Reactive transport

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESORPTION; ION EXCHANGE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); SEDIMENTS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ELUTION;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CALCIUM; CATION; CESIUM; ISOTOPE; MICA; SODIUM; SODIUM 22; SODIUM NITRATE;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; ELUTION; EXPERIMENT; FORCE; FORECASTING; LABORATORY; LIQUID; MODEL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; TANK; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

MICAS;

EID: 0242439375     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(03)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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