Molecular-scale structure of uranium(VI) immobilized with goethite and phosphate

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6594-6603

  Singh, Abhas ^a,d   Catalano, Jeffrey G ^b   Ulrich, Kai Uwe ^a,c   Giammar, Daniel E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BGD Soil and Groundwater Laboratory   (Germany)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT SPECIES; EDGE SHARING; EXAFS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; GOETHITE SUSPENSIONS; IMMOBILIZATION MECHANISMS; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MOLECULAR SCALE STRUCTURES; P-SHELL; PHOSPHATE UPTAKE; STRUCTURAL MODELS; SURFACE COMPLEX; TERNARY SURFACE COMPLEXES; TOTAL URANIUM CONCENTRATIONS; UPTAKE MECHANISM; WET CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; COORDINATION REACTIONS; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; IRON OXIDES; MODEL STRUCTURES; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

COORDINATION COMPOUND; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; PHOSPHATE; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOETHITE; IMMOBILIZATION; LINEARITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PH; PHOSPHATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL; PH; PRECIPITATION; SOLID; SUSPENSION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

IRON COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOSPHATES; URANIUM;

EID: 84862539676     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300494x     Document Type: Article

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