Effect of aqueous acetic, oxalic and carbonic acids on the adsorption of americium onto α-alumina

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 435-442

  Alliot, Cyrille ^a   Bion, Lionel ^b,c   Mercier, Florence ^d   Vitorge, Pierre ^b,c   Toulhoat, Pierre ^e  

^a SUBATECH   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Acetate; Alumina; Americium(III); Carbonate; Ion exchange theory; Oxalate; Sorption; Synergic

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844466238     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2005.93.8.435     Document Type: Article

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