Uranium preconcentration from seawater using phosphate functionalized poly(propylene) fibrous membrane

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 114-120

  Das, Sadananda ^a,b   Pandey, Ashok K ^a   Athawale, Anjali A ^b   Natarajan, V ^a   Manchanda, Vijay K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Ethylene glycol methacrylate phosphate; Fibrous poly(propylene) membrane; Preconcentration; Seawater; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025308827     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.664310     Document Type: Article

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