Removal of uranium(VI) from the aqueous phase by iron(II) minerals in presence of bicarbonate

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1617-1625

  Regenspurg, Simona ^a   Schild, Dieter ^b   Schäfer, Thorsten ^b   Huber, Florian ^b   Malmström, Maria E ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANIONIC LIGANDS; AQUEOUS PHASE; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CARBONATE COMPLEXES; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; FREE SOLUTIONS; MATRIX MINERALS; MINERAL SURFACES; NATURAL GROUNDWATER; NATURAL WATERS; PH VALUE; REDOX STATE; SCHOEPITE; SOLID SURFACE; STABLE COMPLEXES; XPS;

CARBONATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CORUNDUM; DISSOLUTION; DYES; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HEMATITE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNETITE; MINING; OXIDE MINERALS; REDOX REACTIONS; SILICATE MINERALS; SORPTION; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM ALLOYS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MINERALS;

BICARBONATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; MAGNETITE; MOBILITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SORPTION; URANIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 68949216341     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.04.029     Document Type: Article

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