Uranium reduction on magnetite: Probing for pentavalent uranium using electrochemical methods

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 194-206

  Yuan, Ke ^a   Renock, Devon ^b   Ewing, Rodney C ^c   Becker, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; MAGNETITE; REDOX POTENTIAL; REDUCTION; URANIUM;

EID: 84924362709     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.014     Document Type: Article

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