Separation of uranium from aqueous solutions using Al3+ - and Fe3+ -modified titanium- and zirconium phosphates

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-110

  Misaelides, P ^a   Gallios, G ^a   Sarri, S ^a   Zamboulis, D ^a   Pavlidou, E ^a   Kantiranis, N ^a   Anousis, I ^b   Zhuravlev, I ^c   Strelko, V V ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^c NAS of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Phosphates; Separation; Sodium autunite; Titanium; Uranium; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; SORPTION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACIDIC AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; SODIUM AUTUNITE; SORBENTS;

SEPARATION;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION; SOLUTIONS; SORPTION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION; SORPTION; TITANIUM;

EID: 32944459789     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390500459429     Document Type: Article

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