Technetium Incorporation into Goethite (α-FeOOH): An Atomic-Scale Investigation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 13699-13707

  Smith, Frances N ^a   Taylor, Christopher D ^b,c   Um, Wooyong ^a   Kruger, Albert A ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DNV GL   (Norway)

^d US Department of Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TEMPERATURE; VACANCIES;

CHARGE BALANCING; INCORPORATION MECHANISM; IRON OXYHYDROXIDES; LONG TERM STABILITY; LOW-ACTIVITY RADIOACTIVE WASTES; PROTON MOVEMENTS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; VACANCY MECHANISMS;

TECHNETIUM;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC ION; GLASS; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL GROUP; IRON OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROTON; TECHNETIUM; IRON DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

ELECTRON; GLASS; IRON HYDROXIDE; LOW TEMPERATURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOLID WASTE; TECHNETIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; HYDRATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PH ELECTRODE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FERRIC COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TECHNETIUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84947205340     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03354     Document Type: Article

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