Uranium immobilization by hydrogen sulfide gaseous treatment under vadose zone conditions

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-157

  Zhong, Lirong ^a   Thornton, Edward C ^a   Deng, Baolin ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IMMOBILIZATION; IRON OXIDE; REDUCTION; SORPTION; URANIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 34547911766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0114     Document Type: Article

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