Neptunium(V) coprecipitation with calcite

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 471-476

  Heberling, Frank ^a   Denecke, Melissa A ^a   Bosbach, Dirk ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COPRECIPITATION; ELECTROLYTES; PH EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MIXED-FLOW REACTORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

NEPTUNIUM;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID; ELECTROLYTE; LIMESTONE; NEPTUNIUM; OXYGEN; URANIUM;

CALCITE; COPRECIPITATION; ELECTROLYTES; NEPTUNIUM; PH EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CALCITE; ELECTROLYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEPTUNIUM; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; URANIUM;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; LINEAR SYSTEM; PH MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WASTE DISPOSAL; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; PH; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NEPTUNIUM; PRECIPITATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; X-RAYS;

EID: 40949122854     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071790g     Document Type: Article

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