Reduction of uranyl in the interlayer region of low iron micas under anoxic and aerobic conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 5003-5009

  Ilton, Eugene S ^a   Heald, Steve M ^a   Smith, Steven C ^a   Elbert, David ^b   Liu, Chongxuan ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITIONS; CRYSTAL EDGE; DIFFUSION FRONT; HETEROGENEOUS REDUCTION;

DIFFUSION; IONIC STRENGTH; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH EFFECTS; REDUCTION; SEWAGE AERATION;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

FERROUS ION; IRON; MICA; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

DIFFUSION; IONIC STRENGTH; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH EFFECTS; REDUCTION; SEWAGE AERATION; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; IRON; MICA; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; IONIC STRENGTH; OXIDATION; PH; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANOXIA; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; IRON; KINETICS; OXYGEN; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

MICAS;

EID: 33747452410     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0522478     Document Type: Article

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