Dissolution kinetics of synthetic and natural meta-autunite minerals, X3-n (n)+ [(UO2)(PO4)]2 · xH2O, under acidic conditions

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Wellman, D M ^a   Gunderson, K M ^b   Icenhower, J P ^a   Forrester, S W ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autunite; Dissolution; Kinetics; Phosphate; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749142326     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001695     Document Type: Article

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