Structural characterization of poorly-crystalline scorodite, iron(III)-arsenate co-precipitates and uranium mill neutralized raffinate solids using X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3260-3276

  Chen, N ^a,b   Jiang, D T ^a,c   Cutler, J ^a   Kotzer, T ^a   Jia, Y F ^d   Demopoulos, G P ^d   Rowson, J W ^e  

^a CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e AREVA Resources Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; SCORODITE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 65449116809     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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