Examination of competitive lanthanide sorption onto smectites and its significance in the management of radioactive waste

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1930-1941

  Galunin, Evgeny ^a   Alba, María D ^b   Santos, Maria J ^c   Abrão, Taufik ^b   Vidal, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Engineered barriers; Lanthanides; Radioactive waste; Smectitic clays; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BATCH TESTS; COMPETITIVE EFFECTS; DESORPTION RATE; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; HIGH-AFFINITY SITES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; LANTHANIDES; LEACHATES; RETENTION CAPACITY; SMECTITES; SMECTITIC CLAYS; SORPTION DATA;

CALCIUM; CEMENTS; DEIONIZED WATER; DESORPTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BENTONITE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CEMENT; LANTHANIDE; LUTETIUM; MONTMORILLONITE; RADIOISOTOPE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

DESORPTION; LEACHATE; LUTETIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; SMECTITE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ISOTHERM; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; LEACHING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM SILICATES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SILICATES; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79751534994     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.12.098     Document Type: Article

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