Long-term solid-phase fate of co-precipitated U(VI)-Fe(III) following biological iron reduction by Thermoanaerobacter

American Mineralogist

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1641-1652

  Madden, Andrew S ^a   Swindle, Andrew L ^a   Beazley, Melanie J ^b   Moon, Ji Won ^c   Ravel, Bruce ^d   Phelps, Tommy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomicrobiology; Magnetite; Nanoparticles; Uraninite; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; TEXTURES; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURES; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATION; SOLID PHASE REACTION; THERMOANAEROBACTER; THERMOANAEROBACTER SP; URANINITE;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; IRON; MAGNETITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANINITE; URANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

THERMOANAEROBACTER; THERMOANAEROBACTER SP.;

EID: 84867372776     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2012.4122     Document Type: Article

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