Studies of the speciation, colloidal association and remobilisation of plutonium in the marine environment

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2001, Pages 175-200

  Mitchell, Peter I ^a   Downes, Anne B ^a   Vintró, Luis León ^a   McMahon, Ciara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colloids; Oxidation state; Physico chemical speciation; Plutonium; Sea water; Sediments; Sequential sorption; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956783233     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(01)80014-0     Document Type: Article

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