Removal of uranium(VI) from aqueous solutions and nuclear industry effluents using humic acid-immobilized zirconium-pillared clay

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-276

  Anirudhan, T S ^a   Bringle, C D ^a   Rijith, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption kinetics; Humic acid; Isotherm; Pillared clay; Regeneration; Uranium

Indexed keywords

4-CYCLE; ADSORBENT DOSE; ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BATCH ADSORPTION TECHNIQUES; CONTACT TIME; EXPERIMENTAL KINETICS; FTIR; HUMIC ACID; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; ION EXCHANGE REACTIONS; ISOTHERM DATA; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; LOSS-OF-CAPACITY; METAL ADSORPTION; MONOLAYER ADSORPTION; PILLARED CLAY; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATIONS; REMOVAL PROCESS; SECOND ORDER KINETICS; SEM; SURFACE AREA ANALYZERS; URANIUM U; XRD;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DYES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROXYLATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; METAL RECOVERY; MONOLAYERS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; TITRATION; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM;

ADSORPTION;

HUMIC ACID; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; HUMIC ACID; IMMOBILIZATION; PILLARED CLAY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; URANIUM ISOTOPE; ZIRCONIUM;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; IMMOBILIZATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTHERM; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PH; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 77649271905     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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