Uranium(VI) sorption on iron oxides in Hanford Site sediment: Application of a surface complexation model

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2649-2657

  Um, Wooyong ^a   Serne, R Jeffrey ^a   Brown, Christopher F ^a   Rod, Kenton A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FORECASTING; IRON OXIDES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORPTION; SURFACE REACTIONS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; VEGETATION;

BATCH SORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FERRIHYDRITE; FINE SAND; HANFORD; HANFORD SITE; MONODENTATE; NATURAL SEDIMENTS; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; SORBATE; SORPTION DATA; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELING; SURFACE SPECIES; URANIUM (VI);

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE; FERRIHYDRITE; IRON OXIDE; MODELING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SORPTION; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 50349086116     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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