Liquid extraction, the TRUEX process - Experimental studies

Separation Techniques in Nuclear Waste Management (1995)

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 3-33

  Horwitz, E Philip ^a   Chiarizia, Renato ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 85052165891     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203710388     Document Type: Chapter

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