Biogeochemical Controls on the Corrosion of Depleted Uranium Alloy in Subsurface Soils
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Science & Technology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0013-936X,1520-5851
DOI: 10.1021/es901276e