Electrochemical and spectroscopic evidence on the one-electron reduction of U(VI) to U(V) on magnetite

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 6206-6213

  Yuan, Ke ^a   Ilton, Eugene S ^b   Antonio, Mark R ^c   Li, Zhongrui ^a   Cook, Peter J ^a   Becker, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRONS; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETITE; REDUCTION; URANIUM; X RAY ABSORPTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MIXED VALENCE STATE; ONE-ELECTRON REDUCTIONS; OXIDIZING POTENTIALS; SPECTROSCOPIC EVIDENCE; TWO-ELECTRON PROCESS;

ORE REDUCTION;

MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; SILVER CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM (V); URANIUM (VI); URANIUM DERIVATIVE; ELECTROLYTE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; URANIUM;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTRON; MAGNETITE; PH; REDUCTION; URANIUM ISOTOPE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; ONE ELECTRON REDUCTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; POLARIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; PROCEDURES; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRONS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; URANIUM; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84929630791     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00025     Document Type: Article

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