Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
3-13-2012
Patent Number
patent number 8133740
Abstract
Disclosed are methods, materials and systems that can be used to determine qualitatively or quantitatively the level of uranium contamination in water samples. Beneficially, disclosed systems are relatively simple and cost-effective. For example, disclosed systems can be utilized by consumers having little or no training in chemical analysis techniques. Methods generally include a concentration step and a complexation step. Uranium concentration can be carried out according to an extraction chromatographic process and complexation can chemically bind uranium with a detectable substance such that the formed substance is visually detectable. Methods can detect uranium contamination down to levels even below the MCL as established by the EPA.
Application Number
12/543856
Assignees
Clemson University Research Foundation (Clemson, SC, US)
Filing Date
2009-08-19
Primary/U.S. Class
436/82
Other/U.S. Class
436/73, 436/164, 436/166