Effects of low molecular weight organic acids on 137Cs release from contaminated soils

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 844-851

  Chiang, Po Neng ^a   Wang, Ming Kuang ^a   Huang, Pan Ming ^a   Wang, Jeng Jong ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

137Cs; Complexation; Low molecular weight organic acids (LMWOAs); Parabolic diffusion

Indexed keywords

137CS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC LIGANDS; OXYGEN ATOM; PARABOLIC DIFFUSION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SHORT PERIODS; TIME-PERIODS;

ALUMINUM; CESIUM; CITRIC ACID; CLAY MINERALS; COMPLEXATION; CONTAMINATION; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; MINERALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACETIC ACID; ALUMINUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CESIUM 137; CITRIC ACID; HYDROXYL GROUP; IRON; OXALIC ACID; OXYGEN; PROTON; SUCCINIC ACID; TARTARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; TIME;

ADSORPTION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CESIUM; CHLORIDES; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 79953039743     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.02.043     Document Type: Article

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