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Preconcentration of Uranium in Natural Waters for X-ray Fluorescence Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

L. R. Hathaway  and
G. W. James
L. R. Hathaway
Affiliation:
Kansas Geological Survey University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66044
G. W. James
Affiliation:
Kansas Geological Survey University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66044
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Abstract

Use of Chelex-100 impregnated filter membranes for preconcentration of uranium in ground-water samples for XRF analysis leads to lower processing time, sample size, and detection limit than achieved in a batch extraction process. Data is presented, for potential effects of iron and organic matter in natural waters upon the recovery of uranium when using Chelex-100.

Type
X-Ray Fluorescence
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 20: Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 4-6, 1976 , 1976 , pp. 453 - 458
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1976

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