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Assessment of uranium in ground water from Durg District of Chhattisgarh state and its correlation with other quality parameters

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The contamination of uranium in the ground water samples gathered from different source of Durg District (Chhattisgarh) have been analysed by using LED Fluorimeter. It was observed that uranium concentration ranges from 0.638 µg/l to 45.7 µg/l and 100% of the samples found under the safe limit of 60 μg/l prescribed by the India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Department of Atomic Energy, 2004. In present work, an attempt has been made to inspect uranium concentration in the samples and its correlation with the physico-chemical properties of water. A positive correlation of uranium with TDS, conductance, chloride, nitrate, sulphate, hardness, calcium, magnesium and alkalinity was found with various water quality parameters.

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The authors are extremely grateful to the Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg for the guidance, help in sampling, encouragement and providing laboratory facilities. We are also thankful to the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Project no 36 (4)/14/90/2014-BRNS, Government of India, for providing financial assistance during this research work.

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    Santosh Kumar Sar, Megha Sahu, Shweta Singh, Vijita Diwan & Manoj Jindal

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, 491001, India

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Sar, S.K., Sahu, M., Singh, S. et al. Assessment of uranium in ground water from Durg District of Chhattisgarh state and its correlation with other quality parameters. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 314, 2339–2348 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5587-1

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