Impact of natural organic matter on uranium transport through saturated geologic materials: From molecular to column scale

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5931-5938

  Yang, Yu ^a,f   Saiers, James E ^a   Xu, Na ^a   Minasian, Stefan G ^b,c,e   Tyliszczak, Tolek ^b   Kozimor, Stosh A ^c,e   Shuh, David K ^b   Barnett, Mark O ^d  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LA UR 11 07050 ^*  (United States)

^f University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL CARBON; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELEMENTAL MAPS; GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC MATERIALS; HEXAVALENT URANIUM; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMIC ACID; MICRO-SCALES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; PEAT SOILS; PORE VOLUME; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; WATER-SATURATED SAND;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC ACIDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS; URANIUM; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

CARBON; HUMIC ACID; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; URANIUM; WATER;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HUMIC ACID; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; ELUTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POROSITY; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 84861852803     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300155j     Document Type: Article

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