Uranium removal from water using cellulose triacetate membranes added with activated carbon

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 872-881

  Villalobos Rodriguez R ^a   Montero Cabrera, M E ^a   Esparza Ponce, H E ^a   Herrera Peraza, E F ^a   Ballinas Casarrubias, M L ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Membranes; Uranium removal

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; CO-ADSORPTION; COMPOSITE ACTIVATED; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; DISSOLUTION; MEMBRANES; OXIDE MINERALS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

URANIUM;

ACTIVATED CARBON; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84858338184     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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