Reversibility of La and Lu sorption onto smectites: Implications for the design of engineered barriers in deep geological repositories

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1198-1205

  Galunin, Evgeny ^a   Alba, María D ^b   Avilés, Miguel A ^b   Santos, Maria J ^c   Vidal, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Engineered barriers; Lanthanides; Radioactive waste; Smectitic clays; Sorption reversibility

Indexed keywords

BATCH TESTS; BEST CHOICE; CLAY STRUCTURE; DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY; DESORPTION RATE; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; HECTORITES; IONIC MEDIA; IONIC MEDIUM; LANTHANIDES; LEACHATES; SMECTITES; SMECTITIC CLAYS; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

CALCIUM; CLAY; DEIONIZED WATER; DESORPTION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS;

CLAY MINERALS;

BENTONITE; CALCIUM; HECTORITE; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; MONTMORILLONITE; SAPONITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

LEACHATE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SMECTITE; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; GEOMETRY; LEACHING; PH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER VAPOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACTINOID SERIES ELEMENTS; ADSORPTION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENGINEERING; GEOLOGY; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; SILICATES;

EID: 71749102575     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.07.124     Document Type: Article

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