Interaction of bentonite colloids with Cs, Eu, Th and U in presence of humic acid: A flow field-flow fractionation study

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3866-3880

  Bouby, Muriel ^a   Geckeis, Horst ^a   Lützenkirchen, Johannes ^a   Mihai, Silvia ^a,b   Schäfer, Thorsten ^a,c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CESIUM; COAGULATION; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUROPIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; FRACTIONATION; HUMIC ACID; ION EXCHANGE; LIGAND; MONTMORILLONITE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 79957813428     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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