Influence of calcite and dissolved calcium on uranium(VI) sorption to a Hanford subsurface sediment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7949-7955

  Dong, Wenming ^a,c   Ball, William P ^a   Liu, Chongxuan ^b   Wang, Zheming ^b   Stone, Alan T ^a   Bai, Jing ^a   Zachara, John M ^b  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; PH; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENTS; SORPTION; URANIUM;

RAPID SORPTION; REVERSIBILITY; SEDIMENT SIZE FRACTIONS; TREATED SEDIMENTS;

ADSORPTION;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MINERAL; URANIUM;

CALCITE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SORPTION; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLAY; LASER; PH MEASUREMENT; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SEDIMENT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; URANIUM; WASHINGTON;

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

EID: 26944496789     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0505088     Document Type: Article

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