High-temperature sorption of cesium and strontium on dispersed kaolinite powders

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 5087-5094

  Yoo, Jong Ik ^a,e   Shinagawa, Takuya ^a,f   Wood, Joseph P ^a   Linak, William P ^a   Santoianni, Dawn A ^b   King, Charles J ^b   Seo, Yong Chil ^c   Wendt, Jost O L ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ARCADIS G and M Inc   (United States)

^c Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^f JFE Holdings   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISORPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; INCINERATION; KAOLIN; LEAD; RADIOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; SODIUM; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

EMISSIONS; KAOLINITE POWDERS; KINETIC MECHANISMS; RADIOLOGICAL WASTES;

CERIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CESIUM; CHLORINE; LEAD; SODIUM; STRONTIUM;

EMISSION CONTROL; SORPTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMBUSTION; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INCINERATION; METAL RECOVERY; POWDER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VAPOR; VAPORIZATION; VITRIFICATION;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION; CESIUM; INCINERATION; KAOLIN; KINETICS; STRONTIUM; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 22044437543     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048064n     Document Type: Article

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