Speciation and transformations of sorbed Pu on geologic materials: Wet chemical and spectroscopic observations

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2001, Pages 139-157

  Duff, Martine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coprecipitation; Distribution; Minerals; Oxidation state; Redox; Sequential extractions; Sorption; X ray absorption spectroscopy; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845913620     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(01)80012-7     Document Type: Article

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