Extracting Uranium from Seawater: Promising AF Series Adsorbents

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 4110-4117

  Das, S ^a   Oyola, Y ^a   Mayes, Richard T ^a   Janke, Chris J ^a   Kuo, L J ^b   Gill, G ^b   Wood, J R ^b   Dai, S ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MONOMERS; POLYETHYLENES; SEAWATER; SOLUTIONS;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; DEGREE OF GRAFTING; LOADING CAPACITIES; OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORIES; PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORIES; POLYETHYLENE FIBERS; RADIATION INDUCED GRAFT POLYMERIZATION; SIMULATED SEAWATERS;

URANIUM;

EID: 84966312458     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03136     Document Type: Article

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