Experimentally determined uranium isotope fractionation during reduction of hexavalent U by bacteria and zero valent iron

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 6943-6948

  Rademacher, Laura K ^a,b   Lundstrom, Craig C ^b   Johnson, Thomas M ^b   Sanford, Robert A ^b   Zhao, Juanzho ^b   Zhang, Zhaofeng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROMYXOBACTER DEHALOGENANS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION MODEL;

BACTERIA; DISSOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; REDUCTION;

URANIUM;

BICARBONATE; GROUND WATER; IRON; ISOTOPE; URANIUM; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

BACTERIA; DISSOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; REDUCTION; URANIUM;

IRON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ANAEROMYXOBACTER DEHALOGENANS; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FRACTIONATION; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MYXOCOCCALES; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA; BICARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOBACTER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; URANIUM;

ANAEROMYXOBACTER DEHALOGENANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

EID: 33751118766     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0604360     Document Type: Article

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