Sorption of Th(IV) on Na-bentonite: Effects of pH, ionic strength, humic substances and temperature

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 898-905

  Pan, Duo Qiang ^a   Fan, Qiao Hui ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Liu, Sheng Ping ^a   Wu, Wang Suo ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Background electrolyte; Bentonite; HA FA; Sorption; Th(IV)

Indexed keywords

BACK GROUND ELECTROLYTE; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; ENDOTHERMIC PROCESS; FREUNDLICH MODELS; FULVIC ACIDS; HA/FA; HIGH PH; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LANGMUIR MODELS; PH RANGE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC DATA;

BENTONITE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; IONIC STRENGTH; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE;

SORPTION;

EID: 84860400880     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.06.080     Document Type: Article

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