Redox behavior of uranium at the nanoporous aluminum oxide-water interface: Implications for uranium remediation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 7301-7309

  Jung, Hun Bok ^a,c   Boyanov, Maxim I ^b   Konishi, Hiromi ^a   Sun, Yubing ^a   Mishra, Bhoopesh ^b   Kemner, Kenneth M ^b   Roden, Eric E ^a   Xu, Huifang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; CONTROL SAMPLES; IMMOBILE PHASE; IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION; MESOPOROUS; NANO PARTICULATES; NANOPOROUS ALUMINA; NANOPOROUS ALUMINUM; OXIDE-WATER INTERFACE; REDOX BEHAVIOR; SODIUM BICARBONATES;

ALUMINA; BIOREMEDIATION; DESORPTION; OXIDE MINERALS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

URANIUM;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BICARBONATE; NANOPARTICLE; URANIUM; WATER;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SORPTION; URANIUM; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESORPTION; NANOPORE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; URANIUM; WATER; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84863506003     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2044163     Document Type: Article

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