Migration of uranium(IV)/(VI) in the presence of humic acids in quartz sand: A laboratory column study

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 199-217

  Mibus, Jens ^a   Sachs, Susanne ^a   Pfingsten, Wilfried ^b   Nebelung, Cordula ^a   Bernhard, Gert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Filtration; Humic acids; Migration; Quartz sand; Reactive transport; Uranium(IV); Uranium(VI)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; URANIUM;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; HUMIC ACIDS; QUARTZ SAND; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

MASS TRANSFER;

ACTINIDE; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRACER; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; URANIUM;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; HUMIC ACID; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY METHOD; SAND; TRACER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; URANIUM;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COLLOID; ELUTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FILTRATION; FLOW KINETICS; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 35349030110     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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