Fabrication of Qualitative Uranium Indicator and Quantitative Evaluation of the Results by Image Processing Method using MATLAB Software

In the present study, the uranium qualitative detector package containing Arsenazo and Bromo-PADAP indicators was designed; and also, the metalic ion detector package using Dithizone Indicator was built for detection and determination of some ionic interference via Uranium colorimetric method. The obtained results indicated that the detection limits of Uranium ions were equal to 50 ppm and 20 ppm respectively using detectors containing Arsenazo and Bromo-PADAP indicators. In the acidic media (pH=5), the uranium detectors had good detection performance. The metalic ion detector detected ions such as cobalt (II), copper (II), nickel (II), zinc (II), cadmium and silver until the detection limit 50 ppm. Arsenazo detector was superior to Bromo-PADAP detector for detection of Uranium since it prevented any ionic interference even in very high concentrations which with absorbtion of a solution containing Uranium ion, Arsenazo and Bromo-PADAP detectors in the presence masking agents in buffer solution produced miry green and purple colors respectively. While the operation time for Uranium ion detection in the presence of Arsenazo and Bromo-PADAP detectors was3 minutes and 1 minute respectively. Also, the quantitative evaluations based on image processing methods using MATLAB software show that the experimental results are consistent with the evaluation results.