Citric acid enhanced remediation of soils contaminated with uranium by soil flushing and soil washing

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-255

  Kantar, Cetin ^a   Honeyman, Bruce D ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Acids; Soil pollution; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ADSORPTION; AGENTS; COMPLEXATION; CONTAMINATION; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; IRON; REMEDIATION; SAND; URANIUM;

CITRIC ACID; IRON DISSOLUTION; SANDY SOIL; SOIL FLUSHING; SOIL WASHING;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACIDS; ADSORPTION; AGENTS; COMPLEXATION; CONTAMINATION; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; IRON; REMEDIATION; SAND; SOIL POLLUTION; URANIUM;

CITRIC ACID; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; URANIUM;

EID: 31144432756     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:2(247)     Document Type: Article

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