Mobilization and retardation of uranium DOC species at three mine piles in Schlema/Alberoda, Saxony, Germany.
The modeling of geo-chemical processes needs the detailed and comprehensive knowledge of all chemical interactions existing in the flow path of waste dumps, subsoil and aquifer. This includes the adsorption, displacement and transport of heavy metal species of fulvic and humic acids, which represent the main amount of DOC in the liquid/solid system of the flow path. Comparative measurements of DOC concentrations in the input and output flow at the three waste dumps in the district Schlema/Alberoda indicated that DOC is produced and/or supplied within the waste dumps. The speciation of heavy metal compounds of fulvic and humic acids was achieved by means of sequential chromatographic analysis SCA and isoelectric focusing IEF. Between 5% and 20% of uranium exist in the flow path in the form of stable fulvic and humic acid species. Their distribution coefficients are strongly correlated with the pH values of the geo-chemical system.
Franke
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Institut für Interdisziplinäre Isotopenforschung, Leipzig, Germany.
Rössler
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Gottschalch
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Kupsch
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D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000737:chemistry*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D006812:Humic Substances / Q000737:chemistry*; D008906:Mining; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D014501:Uranium / Q000737:chemistry*
D001578:Benzopyrans; D006812:Humic Substances; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D014501:Uranium; C005023:fulvic acid