• Effects of Bentonite Illitization on Cesium Sorption

  • Jeonghwan Hwang1·Sungwook Choung2·Weon Shik Han1*·Wonwoo Yoon1

  • 1Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
    2Research Center for Geochronology and Isotope Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI),
    Cheongju 28119, Republic of Korea

  • 벤토나이트의 일라이트화에 의한 세슘 수착 특성 변화 연구

  • 황정환1·정성욱2·한원식1*·윤원우1

  • 1연세대학교 지구시스템과학과
    2한국기초과학지원연구원

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This Article

  • 2021; 26(5): 29-38

    Published on Oct 31, 2021

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2021.26.5.029
  • Received on Sep 3, 2021
  • Revised on Sep 13, 2021
  • Accepted on Oct 6, 2021

Correspondence to

  • Weon Shik Han

  • Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea

  • E-mail: hanw@yonsei.ac.kr