Uranium(VI) adsorption and surface complexation modeling onto background sediments from the F-Area Savannah River site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1565-1571

  Dong, Wenming ^a   Tokunaga, Tetsu K ^a   Davis, James A ^a   Wan, Jiamin ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ABILITY; ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; ADSORPTION EXPERIMENT; CA MODEL; EDGE SITES; FINE FRACTION; LARGE SURFACE AREA; MODELING APPROACH; PER UNIT; QUARTZ SAND; SAVANNAH RIVER SITES; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELING; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELS; URANIUM ADSORPTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; KAOLINITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; COMPLEXATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GOETHITE; KAOLINITE; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; PLUME; QUARTZ; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPONENT ADDITIVITY MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PLUME; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODEL;

ADSORPTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEORGIA; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; KAOLIN; MINERALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; URANIUM;

SAVANNAH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856715707     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2036256     Document Type: Article

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