Published 2008 | Version v1
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Determination of traces of uranium in soil/sediment samples by alpha spectrometry by selective separation of iron and uranium

  • 1. Environmental Studies Section, Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)

Description

During these work traces of uranium in soil/sediment sample was determined by selective separation of uranium from mixed hydroxide precipitate. The separation was carried by controlling the redox potential by using a mixture HNO3 and H2O2. The concentration of the uranium observed in the soil samples was 200 - 600 ppb whereas in sediment samples the concentration range was 61- 400 ppb. The observed recovery of uranium in case of spiked sample found to be 80-90%. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of DAE-BRNS biennial symposium on emerging trends in separation science and technology

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of DAE-BRNS biennial symposium on emerging trends in separation science and technology
Imprint Pagination
413 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 389-390

Conference

Title
3. DAE-BRNS biennial symposium on emerging trends in separation science and technology
Acronym
SESTEC 2008
Dates
12-14 Mar 2008
Place
Delhi (India)

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Notes
3 refs., 3 figs.