Kinetic desorption and sorption of U(VI) during reactive transport in a contaminated Hanford sediment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3157-3165

  Qafoku, Nikolla P ^a   Zachara, John M ^a   Liu, Chongxuan ^a   Gassman, Paul L ^a   Qafoku, Odeta S ^a   Smith, Steven C ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES;

CAPILLARY FRINGE SEDIMENT; FLOW RATES; KINETIC DESORPTION; KINETIC EFFECTS;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

URANIUM;

DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SORPTION;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESORPTION; FLOW RATE; HALF LIFE TIME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; SAND; SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

CARBONATES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

EID: 18344375711     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048462q     Document Type: Article

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