Environmental mobility of Pu(IV) in the presence of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid: Myth or reality?

Journal of Solution Chemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 957-986

  Rai, Dhanpat ^a   Moore, Dean A ^b   Rosso, Kevin M ^b   Felmy, Andrew R ^b   Bolton Jr , Harvey ^b  

^a Rai Enviro Chem LLC   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

EDTA; Fe(III) EDTA complexes; Fe(OH) 3(am); Ferrihydrite solubility; Pitzer model; Pu; Pu EDTA complexes; PuO2(am); SIT model; Solubility; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449108614     PISSN: 00959782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10953-008-9282-2     Document Type: Article

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