Uranium extraction from laboratory-synthesized, uranium-doped hydrous ferric oxides

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2341-2347

  Smith, Steven C ^a   Douglas, Matthew ^a   Moore, Dean A ^a   Kukkadapu, Ravi K ^a   Arey, Bruce W ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-PRECIPITATES; CRYSTALLINE GOETHITES; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; EXTRACTABILITY; EXTRACTANT; EXTRACTANTS; HYDROUS FERRIC OXIDES; MICRO X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; RIPENING PROCESS; TIME INTERVALS; URANIUM EXTRACTIONS;

ACTINIDES; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM ALLOYS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

URANIUM;

DIGITOXIN; FERRIC OXIDE; GEOTHITE; HYDROUS FERRIC OXIDE DERIVATIVE; IRON; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; URANYL ACETATE;

EXTRACTION METHOD; IRON OXIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SUSPENSION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; URANIUM;

EID: 64349124517     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802621t     Document Type: Article

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