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The fission track registration technique using Melinex-0 as the detector has been applied to estimate uranium concentration in soil and plant samples collected from different parts of this region of India. The soil samples were powdered and plant samples were ashed to form pellets which were then irradiated with thermal neutrons. Uranium was found to vary from 0.023 to 0.430 ppm in soil samples and 0.026 to 0.216 ppm in plant (Mesophyte group) samples. Fission track technique provides simple, inexpensive, reliable and sensitive method and has high potentiality for uranium analyses in plants and agricultural crops and getting information about underlying ore and mineral deposits.
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Azam, A., Prasad, R. Trace element analysis of uranium of soil and plant samples using fission track registration technique. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 133, 199–202 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02060491
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