Quantifying uranium complexation by groundwater dissolved organic carbon using asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 233-246

  Ranville, James F ^a   Hendry, M Jim ^b   Reszat, Thorsten N ^b   Xie, Qianli ^c   Honeyman, Bruce D ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquitard; Association constants; Colloidal uranium; Dissolved organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COLLOIDS; COMPLEXATION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; URANIUM;

AQUITARD; ASSOCIATION CONSTANTS; COLLOIDAL URANIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER;

WATER TREATMENT;

CARBONIC ACID; GROUND WATER; METAL COMPLEX; ORGANIC CARBON; URANIUM;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COLLOIDS; COMPLEXATION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; URANIUM; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTINIDE; AQUITARD; COMPLEXATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLOW FIELD; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URANIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; HYDROLOGY; LABORATORY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR WASTE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; URANIUM MINE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TRANSPORT;

BENZOPYRANS; FRACTIONATION, FIELD FLOW; FRESH WATER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SASKATCHEWAN; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 34147181234     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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