Effects of solid-to-solution ratio on uranium(VI) adsorption and its implications

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3243-3247

  Cheng, Tao ^a   Barnett, Mark O ^a   Roden, Eric E ^b   Zhuang, Jinling ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; COMPLEXATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; URANIUM;

GOETHITE; PHOSPHATE FREE SYSTEMS; SOLID-TO-SOLUTION RATIO; SURFACE COMPLEXATION;

SURFACE REACTIONS;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; LIGAND; PHOSPHATE; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; COMPLEXATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; SURFACE REACTIONS; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGAND; PHOSPHATE; SAND; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; ISOTHERM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POROSITY; SOLID TO SOLUTION RATIO;

ADSORPTION; KINETICS; LIGANDS; PHOSPHATES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SOLUBILITY; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33646717347     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051771b     Document Type: Article

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