Sorption of Eu(III) and Am(III) on attapulgite: Effect of pH, ionic strength and fulvic acid

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-25

  Fan, Q H ^a,b   Zhang, M L ^a   Zhang, Y Y ^a   Ding, K F ^a   Yang, Z Q ^a   Wu, W S ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Am(III); Attapulgite; Eu(III); Fulvic acid; Sorption; Surface complexation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956200056     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2010.1680     Document Type: Article

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