Abstract :
The attentiveness of uranium has been assessed from the Nagapattinam district of Tamilnadu, India. The
water samples were collected from the various locations by hand pumps and tube wells and analysed by using LED
Fluorimeter LF 2a Uranium analyser. The Uranium is directly measured by based on the fluorescence of uranyl
complex formed by Fluren as buffer reagent (Tosheva, 2003). The concentration of Uranium in water samples varies
from 0.04±0.01 to 13.4792±0.1 µg/L. Concentration of Uranium and associated water quality parameters such as
pH, TDS, Turbidity, Electrical Conductivity, Fluoride, Chloride, Mg, Ca and Total hardness, Suplhate, Phosphate,
Nitrate and Alkalinity were studies as the associated parameters are interfering substances in Uranium concentration.
The values are varied with the different locations of samples.
Keyword :
LED Fluorimeter, Uranium, Radio activity, Fluorescence