Uranium removal from groundwater using hydroxyapatite

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2137-2145

  Simon, Franz Georg ^a   Biermann, Vera ^a   Peplinski, Burkhard ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; APATITE; CALCIUM; GARNETS; GROUNDWATER; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HYDROXYAPATITE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PHOSPHATES; SILICATE MINERALS; SORPTION; SULFATE MINERALS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; URANIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; CARBONATE CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELSEVIER (CO); GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS; HIGH PH; HYDROXYAPATITE (HAP); PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS (PRB); PRECIPITATION MECHANISMS; REMOVAL PROCESSES;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

CALCIUM; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; URANIUM;

EID: 48049087190     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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