Role of competitive cation exchange on chromatographic displacement of cesium in the vadose zone beneath the hanford S/SX tank farm

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 203-219

  Lichtner, Peter C ^a   Yabusaki, Steve ^b   Pruess, Karsten ^c   Steefel, Carl I ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTROLYTES; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POROUS MATERIALS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BACK GROUND ELECTROLYTE; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; COEFFICIENT CORRECTION; LIQUID AND GAS PHASIS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT CODES; SELECTIVITY COEFFICIENT; SOLUTION COMPOSITION;

CESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 7444226023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.1.203     Document Type: Article

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