The effect of pH and time on the extractability and speciation of uranium(VI) sorbed to SiO 2

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6604-6611

  Ilton, Eugene S ^a   Wang, Zheming ^a   Boily, Jean François ^a   Qafoku, Odeta ^a   Rosso, Kevin M ^a   Smith, Steven C ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CONTACT TIME; CRITICAL FACTORS; EFFECT OF PH; EXTRACTABILITY; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; EXTRACTION SOLUTION; LIQUID HELIUM TEMPERATURE; QUARTZ POWDERS; QUARTZ SURFACES; STRONG CORRELATION; TIME-RESOLVED LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DESORPTION; EFFICIENCY; EXTRACTION; ISOTOPES; LIQUEFIED GASES; NITRIC ACID; QUARTZ; SUPERFLUID HELIUM; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

PH EFFECTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; HELIUM; ISOTOPE; NITRIC ACID; SILICON DIOXIDE; URANIUM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; NITRIC ACID; PH; QUARTZ; SILICA; SILICATE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DESORPTION; DILUTION; EXTRACTION; PH; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TIME RESOLVED LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 84862528545     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300501v     Document Type: Article

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