Chemical and mineralogical transformations caused by weathering in anti-tank du penetrators ("the silver bullets") discharged during the Kosovo war

Chemosphere

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1246-1252

  Mellini, Marcello ^a   Riccobono, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bullet weathering; Depleted uranium; Groundwaters; Kosovo; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GEOCHEMICAL CONTROL; MINERALOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OXIDIZED CORROSION; URANINITE GRAINS;

URANIUM;

HYDROXYL GROUP; URANIUM; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; OXIDATION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BULLET; CORROSION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAR; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOSOVO; SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21844436795     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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