title: Analysis of uranium and its correlation with some physico-chemical properties of drinking water samples from Amritsar, Punjab.
abstract: Fission track technique has been used for uranium estimation in drinking water samples collected from some areas of Amritsar District, Punjab, India. The uranium concentration in water samples is found to vary from 3.19 to 45.59 microg l(-1). Some of the physico-chemical properties such as pH, conductance and hardness and the content of calcium, magnesium, total dissolved solids (TDS), sodium, potassium, chloride, nitrate and heavy metals viz. zinc, cadmium, lead and copper have been determined in water samples. An attempt has been made to correlate uranium concentration with these water quality parameters. A positive correlation of conductance, nitrate, chloride, sodium, potassium, magnesium, TDS, calcium and hardness with uranium concentration has been observed. However, no correlation has been observed between the concentration of uranium and the heavy metals analysed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India. surinder51@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Surinder
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rani
authors.forename: Rakesh Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.forename: Tejinder Pal Singh
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Walia
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D007194:India; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry; D012016:Reference Values; D014501:Uranium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive; D014867:Water; D014501:Uranium