Applications of time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy to the environmental biogeochemistry of actinides

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 731-741

  Collins, Richard N ^a,b   Saito, Takumi ^c   Aoyagi, Noboru ^d   Payne, Timothy E ^b   Kimura, Takaumi ^d   Waite, T David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SURFACES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; COORDINATION ENVIRONMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DECAY LIFE-TIME; EXCITATION AND EMISSION SPECTRA; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; IN-SITU; LANTHANIDE ION; METAL SPECIATION; PICOSECONDS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID PHASIS; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; TIME-RESOLVED LASER FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIES; ULTRA-FAST;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CURIUM; DATA REDUCTION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EUROPIUM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; METAL ANALYSIS; METAL IONS; METALS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; SODIUM SULFATE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ACTINIDES;

ACTINIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CURIUM; EUROPIUM; LANTHANIDE; METAL ION; TERBIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRATION; TIME RESOLVED LASER FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTINOID SERIES ELEMENTS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LASERS; MINERALS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79956064280     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0166     Document Type: Article

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