Kinetics of Uranium(VI) desorption from contaminated sediments: Effect of geochemical conditions and model evaluation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6560-6566

  Liu, Chongxuan ^a   Shi, Zhenqing ^a   Zachara, John M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DESORPTION KINETICS; DESORPTION RATE; DYNAMIC FLOW CONDITIONS; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION; FLOW CELLS; FLOW CONDITION; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; HANFORD; HANFORD SEDIMENTS; HANFORD SITE; ION EXCHANGE REACTIONS; KINETIC INTERACTIONS; MAJOR IONS; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODIFIED MODEL; MULTI RATE; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELS; SURFACE SPECIATION; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; WASHINGTON;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANES; DESORPTION; ION EXCHANGE; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; ION; URANIUM;

CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; PH; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DESORPTION; FLOW KINETICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; PH; PROCESS MODEL; SEDIMENT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES;

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WASHINGTON; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 69549104715     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900666m     Document Type: Article

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