Comment on " Structural characterization of poorly-crystalline scorodite, iron(III)-arsenate co-precipitates and uranium mill neutralized raffinate solids using X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy" by N. Chen, D.T. Jiang, J. Cutler, T. Kotzer, Y.F. Jia, G.P. Demopoulos and J.W. Rowson

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4589-4596

  Paktunc, Dogan ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 77954144001     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.02.038     Document Type: Note

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