Decontamination of polluted urban soils by plants. Our possibilities to enhance the uptake of heavy metals

Authors
Shtangeeva, IV Vuorinen, A Rietz, B Christiansen, G Carlson, L
Citation
Iv. Shtangeeva et al., Decontamination of polluted urban soils by plants. Our possibilities to enhance the uptake of heavy metals, J RAD NUCL, 249(2), 2001, pp. 369-374
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
02365731 → ACNP
Volume
249
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
369 - 374
Database
ISI
SICI code
0236-5731(200108)249:2<369:DOPUSB>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Pot experiments were carried out to assess the influence of two plant speci es on chemistry of polluted and unpolluted urban soils. Change in pH and ac id neutralization capacity of the soils, as well as variations in elemental composition of soil leachates and in total concentrations of elements in t he soil were studied by INAA and ICP-AES. Concentrations of 28 elements in plants were determined by INAA. Cultivation of plants led to significant ch ange in soil parameters. In particular, acid neutralization capacity of pol luted soil increased, resulting in increase in element uptake.