Effects of pH, temperature, and aqueous organic material on the dissolution kinetics of meta-autunite minerals, (Na, Ca)2-1[(UO2)(PO4)] 2·3H2O

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-158

  Wellman, Dawn M ^a,b   Icenhower, Jonathan P ^a   Gamerdinger, Amy P ^c   Forrester, Steven W ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autunite; Dissolution; Kinetics; Organic material; Uranium

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; ENZYME KINETICS; ION EXCHANGE; KINETICS; OXIDE MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; URANIUM; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

AUTUNITE; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DISSOLUTION KINETICS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; TRISHYDROXYMETHYLAMINOMETHANE;

ORGANIC MINERALS;

AUTUNITE; DISSOLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

EID: 33645153556     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.1807     Document Type: Article

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