Molecular mechanism of heavily adhesive Cs: Why radioactive Cs is not decontaminated from soil

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 27, 2013, Pages 14075-14080

  Sato, K ^a   Fujimoto, K ^a   Dai, W ^b   Hunger, M ^c  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION SITE; FUKUSHIMA; HYDROCHLORIC ACID SOLUTION; INTERLAYER SPACES; LAYERED CLAY MINERALS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NANOSPACES;

ADSORPTION; NANOSHEETS; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM;

EID: 84880149264     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403899w     Document Type: Article

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