Decoupling the functional requirements of an adsorbent for harvesting uranium from seawater through the use of shell enclosures

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 158-161

  Haji, Maha N ^a   Vitry, Charles ^b   Slocum, Alexander H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85053686944     PISSN: 0003018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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