Sorption of uranyl and arsenate on SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2 and FeOOH

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3507-3512

  Nair, Sreejesh ^a   Karimzadeh, Lotfollah ^b   Merkel, Broder J ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Sorption; Uranium; Uranyl arsenate

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; FLOW OF WATER; OXIDE MINERALS; PH; SILICA; SILICON; SORPTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; ALUMINUM; URANIUM ALLOYS;

ACIDIC PH; ALKALINE CONDITIONS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ARSENATE SORPTION; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; COMPETITIVE SORPTION; SINGLE COMPONENTS; WATER FLOWS;

IRON COMPOUNDS; URANIUM;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARSENATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PH; REDOX CONDITIONS; SORPTION; URANIUM;

EID: 84919843878     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3258-x     Document Type: Article

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