Natural zeolite permeable treatment wall for removing Sr-90 from groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1550-1556

  Seneca, Shannon M ^a   Rabideau, Alan J ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMN STUDY; COLUMN TEST; COMPETITIVE CATIONS; FIELD CONDITIONS; MODELING STUDIES; NATURAL ZEOLITES; SELECTIVITY COEFFICIENT; STRONTIUM-90; SYNTHETIC GROUNDWATER; TRANSPORT MODELS; WEST VALLEY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POSITIVE IONS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STRONTIUM;

GROUNDWATER;

CALCIUM ION; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; STRONTIUM 90; ZEOLITE;

CATION; GROUNDWATER; METAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER TREATMENT; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERMEABLE TREATMENT WALL; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CALIBRATION; CATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PERMEABILITY; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER PURIFICATION; ZEOLITES;

BUFFALO; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873481388     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304008r     Document Type: Article

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