U(VI) adsorption on aquifer sediments at the Hanford Site

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 255-269

  Um, Wooyong ^a   Serne, R Jeffrey ^a   Brown, Christopher F ^a   Last, George V ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Desorption; Distribution coefficient (Kd); Hanford site; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; HANFORD SITE;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CONTAMINATION; DESORPTION; SEDIMENTS;

URANIUM;

CARBONIC ACID; FERRIC OXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON OXIDE; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CONTAMINATION; DESORPTION; SEDIMENTS; URANIUM;

ABSORPTION; ALKALINITY; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON OXIDE; ISOTHERM; PH; SAND AND GRAVEL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CLAY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ISOTHERM; MINERALOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTENT;

ADSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 34447641614     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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