Study of sorption-retarded U(VI) diffusion in Hanford silt/clay material

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 7706-7711

  Bai, Jing ^a   Liu, Chongxuan ^b   Ball, William P ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CELL BOUNDARY; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION CELL METHOD; DIFFUSION CELLS; DIFFUSION MODEL; DIFFUSION STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HANFORD; HANFORD SITE; INTERPARTICLE DIFFUSION; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; LOCAL EQUILIBRIUM ASSUMPTION; MODELING RESULTS; PORE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION METHOD; SOLID PHASIS; SOLID-PHASE; SORPTION KINETICS; SUBSURFACE REGIONS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

CARBONATE MINERALS; SORPTION; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIFFUSION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; URANIUM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CLAY; DIFFUSION; EXTRACTION METHOD; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILT; SORPTION; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CLAY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXTRACTION; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT; SILT; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ADSORPTION; DIFFUSION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; URANIUM;

EID: 70450093713     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901306c     Document Type: Article

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