Treatment of phosphogypsum waste using suitable organic extractants

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 907-914

  El Didamony, H ^a   Ali, M M ^b   Awwad, N S ^c   Fawzy, M M ^b   Attallah, M F ^c  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^b NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

^c HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Leaching process; Organic extractants; Phosphogypsum waste; Radioactive materials; Sebaiya rock

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872605074     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-011-1547-3     Document Type: Article

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