Spectroscopic verification of the mineralogy of an ultrathin mineral film on depleted uranium

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8266-8269

  Baumann, Nils ^a   Arnold, Thuro ^a   Foerstendorf, Harald ^a   Read, David ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMISSION; LITHOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; PROJECTILES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THICK FILMS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; REACTION PRODUCTS;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; DEPLETED URANIUMS; ENHANCED PERFORMANCES; FLUORESCENCE EMISSIONS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; MINERAL FILMS; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; PHOSPHATE PHASE; PHOSPHATE SOLUTIONS; PORE WATERS; REACTION PRODUCTS; THIN SURFACE FILMS; TIME-RESOLVED;

ACTINIDES; URANIUM;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; URANIUM; URANIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AUTUNITE; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; MINERALOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHATE (INORGANIC); POREWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; FILM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; SOIL; ULTRATHIN MINERAL FILM; URANIUM PHOSHATE;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; HUMANS; LASERS; MINERALS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; URANIUM; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; DEPLETED URANIUM; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; MINERAL FILMS; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOSPHATE SOLUTIONS; PORE WATERS; SECONDARY PHASE; SOIL WATER; THIN SURFACE FILMS; TIME-RESOLVED LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRA-THIN;

EID: 56449089374     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800801h     Document Type: Article

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