Pertechnetate immobilization with amorphous iron sulfide

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 823-833

  Liu, Y ^a   Terry, J ^b   Jurisson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron sulfide; Pertechnetate immobilization; Technetium 99

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649115677     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2008.1528     Document Type: Article

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