Performance of a functionalised polymer-coated silica at treating uranium contaminated groundwater from a Hungarian mine site

Engineering Geology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 174-183

  Stewart, Douglas I ^a   Csõvári, Mihály ^b   Barton, Catherine S ^c   Morris, Katherine ^a   Bryant, David E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Mecsek Ore Environment Company   (Hungary)

^c Mineral Industry Research Organisation (MIRO)   (United Kingdom)

^d SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Groundwater; Groundwater remediation; Permeable reactive barrier; Reaction rate; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MINING; POLYACRYLONITRILES; SILICA; URANIUM; WATER TREATMENT;

PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER; POLYACRYLOAMIDOXIME; POLYMER-COATED SILICA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LIGAND; MINE; REACTIVE BARRIER; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 33646573344     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.09.037     Document Type: Article

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