Sorption behavior of americium onto bentonite colloid

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue 9-11, 2008, Pages 721-730

  Iijima, K ^a   Shoji, Y ^a,b   Tomura, T ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JDC Corporation   (Japan)

^c Inspection Development Company Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Americium; Bentonite colloid; Size distribution; Sorption; Surface complexation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649091116     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2008.1558     Document Type: Conference Paper

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