Actinide geochemistry: From the molecular level to the real system

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 187-195

  Geckeis, Horst ^a   Rabung, Thomas ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinide geochemistry; Colloids; Sorption; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; COLLOIDS; DYES; EARTH SCIENCES; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FORECASTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; METAL REFINING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PHASE INTERFACES; PURIFICATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ROCKS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; SORPTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACTINIDE MIGRATIONS; ALUMINIUM OXIDES; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; AND MODELS; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BATCH SORPTIONS; CHEMICAL CONSTITUTIONS; COLLOID INTERACTIONS; FIELD STUDIES; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; INORGANIC COLLOIDS; KINETIC STABILIZATIONS; LASER FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIES; LIQUID INTERFACES; MINERAL PHASES; MINERAL SURFACES; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NATURAL CLAYS; NATURAL ROCKS; NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSALS; RADIO-NUCLIDES; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATIONS; REAL SYSTEMS; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SPECIATION DATUMS; SPECTROSCOPIC DATUMS; SPECTROSCOPIC INFORMATIONS; SPHERE SURFACES; STRUCTURE OF SURFACES; SURFACE COMPLEXATION; TIME-RESOLVED; TRIPLE BONDS; TRIVALENT LANTHANIDES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTINIDE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; HYDROXIDE; LANTHANIDE; MINERAL;

ACTINIDE; AQUIFER; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE DISPOSAL; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLAY; COLLOID; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACTINOID SERIES ELEMENTS; ADSORPTION; COLLOIDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 56949092206     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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