Comparison of radiometric and non-radiometric methods for uranium determination in groundwater of Punjab, India

摘要: Uranium in groundwater samples collected from Punjab state, India was determined using radiometric methods (extractive liquid scintillation and Cerenkov counting). Experimental conditions were optimized by studying the effect of sample pH, quenching amount extracting agent added to cocktail on recovery uranium. To ensure accuracy results, both compared with non method such as adsorptive stripping voltammetry found be very good agreement. The distinct advantage proposed is almost 100 % effective especially extractive for simultaneous measurement alpha beta emitting radionuclides fast simple preparation.