Physicochemical characterisation of depleted uranium (DU) particles at a UK firing test range

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5990-5996

  Sajih, Mustafa ^a   Livens, Francis R ^a   Alvarez, Rebeca ^a   Morgan, Mathew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depleted uranium; DU corrosion; Firing impact; Metaschoepite

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; CORROSION STUDIES; DEPLETED URANIUM; DU CORROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FIRING IMPACT; FIRING TESTS; HARD TARGETS; METASCHOEPITE; SAND GRAINS; TARGET MATERIALS; TWO PARTICLES;

CORROSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SOILS;

URANIUM;

URANIUM;

CORROSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; URANIUM; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CORROSION; GREAT BRITAIN; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URANIUM; WEAPONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77958112896     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.075     Document Type: Article

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