High-sensitive measurement of uranium LIII-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) for the determination of the oxidation states of uranium in crustal materials

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2452-2461

  Yamamoto, Yuhei ^a   Takahashi, Yoshio ^a   Kanai, Yutaka ^b   Watanabe, Yoshio ^b   Uruga, Tomoya ^c   Tanida, Hajime ^c   Terada, Yasuko ^c   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

SENSITIVE MEASUREMENTS;

URANIUM;

CRUST; IGNEOUS ROCK; LIMESTONE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHALE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 48149098928     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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