The morphologies and compositions of depleted uranium particles from an environmental case-study

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 495-510

  Lloyd, N S ^a   Mosselmans, J F W ^b   Parrish, R R ^a,c   Chenery, S R N ^d   Hainsworth, S V ^a   Kemp, S J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c NIGL   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaccessibility; Depleted uranium; DU; Environmental; EXAFS; Mineralogy; Morphology; Particles; SEM; Uranium oxide

Indexed keywords

BIOACCESSIBILITY; DEPLETED URANIUM; DU; ENVIRONMENTAL; EXAFS; PARTICLES; SEM; URANIUM OXIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCRAP METAL;

URANIUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

COLONIE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749091422     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2009.073.3.495     Document Type: Article

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