Strontium speciation during reaction of kaolinite with simulated tank-waste leachate: Bulk and microfocused EXAFS analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2608-2614

  Choi, Sunkyung ^a,c   O'Day, Peggy A ^c   Rivera, Nelson A ^c   Mueller, Karl T ^d   Vairavamurthy, Murthy A ^e   Seraphin, Supapan ^b   Chorover, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONIC STRENGTH; KAOLIN; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENTS; STRONTIUM;

ALUMINOSILICATE; COMPLEX WASTES; SEQUESTRATION; SODALITE;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONIC STRENGTH; KAOLIN; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENTS; STRONTIUM;

AGING; ALUMINOSILICATE; CHEMICAL REACTION; KAOLINITE; LEACHATE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SODALITE; SPECTROSCOPY; STRONTIUM; WASTE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BIOREMEDIATION; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; IONIC STRENGTH; LEACHING; PH; SPECTROSCOPY; TANK; UNITED STATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBONATES; KAOLIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAYS;

EID: 33646018969     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051869q     Document Type: Article

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