Publication detail

Detection of lead in Zea mays by dual-energy X-ray microtomography at the SYRMEP beamline of the ELETTRA synchrotron and by atomic absorption spectroscopy

REALE, L. -KAISER, J. -PACE, L. -LAI, A. -FLORA, F. -BRUNO, A. -TUCCI, A. -ZUPPELLA, P. -MANCINI, L. -TROMBA, G. -RUGGIERI, F. -FANELLI, M. -MALINA, R. -LIŠKA, M. -POMA, A.

Czech title

Detekce rozložení olova v různých částech rostliny Zea mays použitím dvouenergiové rentgenového mikroradiografie a AAS

English title

Detection of lead in Zea mays by dual-energy X-ray microtomography at the SYRMEP beamline of the ELETTRA synchrotron and by atomic absorption spectroscopy

Type

journal article - other

Language

en

Original abstract

This study is related to the application of the X-ray dual-energy microradiography technique together with the atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) for the detection of lead on Zea mays stem, ear, root, and leaf samples. To highlight the places with lead intake, the planar radiographs taken with monochromatic X-ray radiation in absorption regime with photon energy below and above the absorption edge of a given chemical element, respectively, are analyzed and processed. To recognize the biological structures involved in the intake, the dual-energy images with the lead signal have been compared with the optical images of the same Z. mays stem. The ear, stem, root, and leaf samples have also been analyzed with the AAS technique to measure the exact amount of the hyperaccumulated lead. The AAS measurement revealed that the highest intake occurred in the roots while the lowest in the maize ears and in the leaf. It seems there is a particular mechanism that protects the seeds and the leaves in the intake process.

Czech abstract

Článek pojednává o detekci rozložení olova v částech rostliny Zea mays použitím dvouenergiové rentgenového mikroradiografie a AAS. Mikroradiografie a mikrotomografie byla zrealizována na synchrotronu Elettra v Terstu. Bylo dosazeno rozliseni kolem 10 um.

English abstract

This study is related to the application of the X-ray dual-energy microradiography technique together with the atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) for the detection of lead on Zea mays stem, ear, root, and leaf samples. To highlight the places with lead intake, the planar radiographs taken with monochromatic X-ray radiation in absorption regime with photon energy below and above the absorption edge of a given chemical element, respectively, are analyzed and processed. To recognize the biological structures involved in the intake, the dual-energy images with the lead signal have been compared with the optical images of the same Z. mays stem. The ear, stem, root, and leaf samples have also been analyzed with the AAS technique to measure the exact amount of the hyperaccumulated lead. The AAS measurement revealed that the highest intake occurred in the roots while the lowest in the maize ears and in the leaf. It seems there is a particular mechanism that protects the seeds and the leaves in the intake process.

Keywords in English

dual-energy X-ray analysis, intake, biodisposable, Zea mays, stem, lead

RIV year

2009

Released

01.12.2009

ISSN

1059-910X

Journal

Microscopy research and technique

Volume

XXX

Number

X

Pages from–to

na–na

Pages count

12

BIBTEX


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  title="Detection of lead in Zea mays by dual-energy X-ray microtomography at the SYRMEP beamline of the ELETTRA synchrotron and by atomic absorption spectroscopy",
  journal="Microscopy research and technique",
  year="2009",
  volume="XXX",
  number="X",
  month="December",
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