Nanoscale zero-valent iron particles for the remediation of plutonium and uranium contaminated solutions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 262, Issue , 2015, Pages 319-325

  Crane, Richard A ^a   Dickinson, Michelle ^b   Scott, Thomas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Plutonium; Remediation; Uranium; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; IRON; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; REMEDIATION; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATED SOLUTIONS; EFFECTIVE MATERIALS; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; PHOTOELECTRON PEAKS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRUM; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

PLUTONIUM;

EID: 84949114952     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.09.084     Document Type: Article

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