Estimation of Model VII humic binding constants for Pd2+, Sn2+, U4+, NpO2(2+), Pu4+ and PuO2(2+)

Anthony Stockdale1, Nick D Bryan, Stephen Lofts

  • 1Centre for Radiochemistry Research, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. tony@biogeochemistry.org.uk

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