Water structure and aqueous uranyl(VI) adsorption equilibria onto external surfaces of beidellite, montmorillonite, and pyrophyllite: Results from molecular simulations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3865-3871

  Greathouse, Jeffery A ^a   Cygan, Randall T ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEIDELLITE; MONTMORILLONITE; PYROPHYLLITE; URANYL;

ADSORPTION; CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BEIDELLITE; CARBONIC ACID; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; MINERAL; MONTMORILLONITE; OLIGOMER; OXYGEN; PYROPHYLLITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADSORPTION; CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

ADSORPTION; BEIDELLITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONTMORILLONITE; PYROPHYLLITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SIMULATION; SMECTITE; SUBSTRATE;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLAY; COMPLEX FORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; BENTONITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; URANIUM; WATER;

EID: 33745223474     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052522q     Document Type: Article

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