Radioactive waste foams: Formation and mitigation

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 716-724

  Vijayaraghavan, Krishna ^a   Nikolov, Alex ^a   Wasan, Darsh ^a   Calloway Jr , Bond ^b   Crowder, Mark L ^b   Stone, Michael ^b   Quershi, Zafar H ^b  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Foams; Radioactive wastes; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EVAPORATION; FOAM CONTROL; HEAT FLUX; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RIVERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ANTIFOAMS; NORMAL PARAFFIN HYDROCARBONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FOAMS; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EVAPORATION; FOAM CONTROL; HEAT FLUX; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RIVERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EVAPORATION; FOAM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 33745248078     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:7(716)     Document Type: Article

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