Uranium incorporation into amorphous silica

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 8636-8644

  Massey, Michael S ^a,b   Lezama Pacheco, Juan S ^b   Nelson, Joey M ^b   Fendorf, Scott ^b   Maher, Kate ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC SERVOMECHANISMS; IRON; NATURAL ATTENUATION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS SILICA; BINDING MECHANISMS; COORDINATION ENVIRONMENT; COORDINATION GEOMETRY; INCORPORATION MECHANISM; LOCAL COORDINATION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; SODIUM METASILICATE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM METASILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; FERRIC ION; IRON; OPOKA; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PH; SYNTHESIS; URANIUM INCORPORATION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; IRON; OXIDES; SILICATES; SILICON DIOXIDE; URANIUM; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84905671460     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501064m     Document Type: Article

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