Cryogenic laser induced U(VI) fluorescence studies of a U(VI) substituted natural calcite: Implications to U(VI) speciation in contaminated hanford sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2651-2659

  Wang, Zheming ^a   Zachara, John M ^a   Mckinley, James P ^a   Smith, Steven C ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

NATURAL, URANYL-BEARING CALCITE (NUC); TIME-RESOLVED LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY (TRLFS); TRLF IMAGING SPECTROMICROSCOPY (TRLFISM); X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY (XAS);

CALCITE;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

CALCITE; CONTAMINATED LAND; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTAMINATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GOVERNMENT; IMAGING; LASER; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WASTE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LASERS; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WASHINGTON; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744370352     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048448d     Document Type: Article

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