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Uptake, translocation, accumulation, and phytotoxicity of platinum group elements (PGE) on potato, lettuce, and barley

Aboughalma, Hassan

Abstract:


The transition elements platinum, palladium, and rhodium are
widely used in the automobile industry. Production of catalytic
converters is the principal application field of the so called
Platinum Group Elements (PGE). Since the introduction of
autocatalysts to reduce the emission of the greenhouse gases;
CO, NOX, and HC, the concentration of PGE in environmental
samples such as road dusts, soils, and plants is steadily
increasing. The uptake pathways, accumulation, and transport of
PGE emitted from autocatalysts in crop plants are poorly
understood. However, the present study deals with these subjects
in addition to the phytotoxicity of these metals on crop plants.
Field experiments with lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) were
conducted at two sites. The first site lies close to the German
Highway A5 and the second site is within the botanical garden of
the University of Karlsruhe/Germany. The expected emissions of
PGE at the highway site were higher than those at the botanical
garden site. In addition to an expected atmospheric uptake by
aerial organs, PGE uptake via plant roots was enabled by
separate addition of two catalyst’s powders containing the three
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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000001261
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Fakultät für Bauingenieur-, Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften – Institut für Mineralogie und Geochemie (IMG)
Publikationstyp Hochschulschrift
Publikationsjahr 2004
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator urn:nbn:de:swb:90-12617
KITopen-ID: 1000001261
Verlag Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
Art der Arbeit Dissertation
Fakultät Fakultät für Bauingenieur-, Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften (BGU)
Institut Fakultät für Bauingenieur-, Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften – Institut für Mineralogie und Geochemie (IMG)
Prüfungsdaten 15.09.2004
Referent/Betreuer Stüben, D.
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