Impact of Alkaline Earth Metals on Aqueous Speciation of Uranium(VI) and Sorption on Quartz

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-219

  Nair, Sreejesh ^a   Merkel, Broder J ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaline earth elements; Alkaline earth uranyl carbonates; Quartz; Sorption; Uranium(VI)

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; PH; QUARTZ; REACTION KINETICS; SORPTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM;

EID: 79957439600     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-011-9120-9     Document Type: Article

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