Plutonium equilibria of environmental concern

Critical Review of Plutonium Equilibria of Environmental Concern... 

Clevllano, j. M. 1979a. Critical review of plutonium equilibria of environmental concern. In Chemical, modeling in aqueous systems, ed E. A. Jenne pp. 321-38. Washington, DC Am. Chem. Soc. 

Cleveland JM (1979) Critical review of plutonium equilibria of environmental concern. In Melchior DC, Bassett RL (eds) Chemical modeling of aqueous systems II. Am Chem Soc Symp Ser 416, Washington DC, pp 321-338 Crossey LJ (1991) Thermal degradation of aqueous oxalate species. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 55 1515-1529... 

There have been several laboratory and field studies concerned with the uptake of aqueous plutonium by plants, marine biota, soils, minerals, and glass. These have been discussed in the first paper of this series (I), which shows that several solution variables, as they influence the particle size distribution of the aqueous plutonium, greatly affect its interaction with silica surfaces. Studies were conducted to determine the rates, equilibria, and mechanism of the sorption and desorption of aqueous, colloidal plutonium-239 onto the surfaces of quartz silica. The orientation of these studies is the understanding of the likely behavior and fate of plutonium in environmental waters, particularly as related to its interaction with suspended and bottom sediments. 

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