Redox interactions of technetium with iron-bearing minerals

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2419-2430

  McBeth, J M ^a,c   Lloyd, J R ^a   Law, G T W ^a   Livens, F R ^a   Burke, I T ^b   Morris, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

iron minerals; redox cycling; remediation; technetium

Indexed keywords

AIR EXPOSURE; BIOGENIC MINERALS; EXAFS; IRON MINERALS; IRON-BEARING MINERALS; LONG-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NUCLEAR LEGACY; OCTAHEDRAL COORDINATION; OCTAHEDRALLY COORDINATED; OXIDATION OF FE; OXIDATIVE REMOBILIZATION; RE-OXIDATION; REDOX CYCLING; REDOX INTERACTIONS; REDUCTIVE PRECIPITATION; REMOBILIZATION; SHORT-RANGE ORDERED; TIME-SCALES; TRACER EXPERIMENT; XANES SPECTRA;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXPERIMENTS; GELS; IRON; IRON ORES; MAGNETITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; REMEDIATION; SILICATE MINERALS; SORPTION;

TECHNETIUM;

BIOGENIC MINERAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; IRON; MAGNETITE; MINERAL; OXIDATION; RADIONUCLIDE; REDOX CONDITIONS; REMEDIATION; REMOBILIZATION; TECHNETIUM; TRACER;

EID: 80052996597     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2011.075.4.2419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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