Experimental evidence for solubility limitation of the aqueous Ni(II) concentration and isotopic exchange of 63Ni in cementitious systems

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Wieland, Erich ^a   Tits, Jan ^a   Ulrich, Andrea ^b   Bradbury, Michael H ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Background stable isotope; Cement; Isotopic exchange; Nickel; Sorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044443400     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2006.94.1.29     Document Type: Article

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