The aqueous chemistry of polonium (Po) in environmental and anthropogenic processes.

Comparison to Pb, Se and Te Environmental radiochemistry Polonium aqueous chemistry Polonium geochemistry Thermodynamics

Journal

Journal of hazardous materials
ISSN: 1873-3336
Titre abrégé: J Hazard Mater
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9422688

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
15 12 2019
Historique:
received: 15 03 2019
revised: 31 05 2019
accepted: 02 06 2019
pubmed: 8 7 2019
medline: 8 7 2019
entrez: 8 7 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The longest-lived naturally occurring isotope of polonium is polonium-210, one of the daughters of uranium-238 (138 days half-life). As a daughter radionuclide of radon-222, polonium-210 can become enriched in pore fluids in U-bearing rocks, leading to contents in excess of 100 Bq.g

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.06.002 PMID: 31279943
pubmed: 31279943
pii: S0304-3894(19)30668-5
doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.06.002
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

120725

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Rahul Ram (R)

School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Building 28, 9 Rainforest Walk, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. Electronic address: rahul.ram@monash.edu.

James Vaughan (J)

School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.

Barbara Etschmann (B)

School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Building 28, 9 Rainforest Walk, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.

Joël Brugger (J)

School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Building 28, 9 Rainforest Walk, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. Electronic address: joel.brugger@monash.edu.

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