Assessment of synthetic zeolite Na A-X as sorbing barrier for strontium in a radioactive disposal facility

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-112

  Abdel Rahman, R O ^a   Ibrahim, H A ^a   Hanafy, M ^b   Monem, N M Abdel ^b  

^a Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Disposal; Engineered barrier; Mathematical models; Radioactive waste; Sorption

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BACKFILL MATERIAL; DISPOSAL; DISPOSAL FACILITIES; ENGINEERED BARRIER; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; EQUILIBRIUM SORPTION; FREUNDLICH; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INTRAPARTICLE; KINETIC DATA; LANGMUIRS; NEAR-SURFACE DISPOSAL; NON-LINEAR; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; SECOND ORDERS; SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; SORPTION EQUILIBRIA; SORPTION MECHANISM; SYNTHETIC ZEOLITES; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER; THREE TEMPERATURE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; SODIUM; SORPTION; STRONTIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 75149185787     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.10.057     Document Type: Article

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