Effect of pH, ionic strength and humic acid on the sorption of uranium(VI) to attapulgite

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1582-1590

  Niu, Zhiwei ^a   Fan, Qiaohui ^a   Wang, Wenhua ^a   Xu, Junzheng ^a   Chen, Lei ^b   Wu, Wangsuo ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Attapulgite; Humic acid; pH; Sorption; UO22+

Indexed keywords

ACID-BASE TITRATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ATTAPULGITE; EFFECT OF PH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; FTIR; HIGH PH VALUE; HUMIC ACID; LARGE SURFACE AREA; NEGATIVE SURFACE CHARGES; PH VALUE; PRE-CONCENTRATION; SORPTION CAPACITIES; UO22+;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; ORGANIC ACIDS; SORPTION; SURFACES; TITRATION; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PH EFFECTS;

ATTAPULGITE; HUMIC ACID; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67349192273     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.113     Document Type: Article

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