Cadmium losses on wet and dry ashing of plant materials

Autor: Jan Kučera, L. Soukal
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Articles. 193:33-38
ISSN: 1588-2780
0236-5731
DOI: 10.1007/bf02041914
Popis: Cadmium losses on wet and dry ashing were studied using tomato leaves with metabolized 109Cd radiotracer. The most appreciable Cd losses (up to 35%) occured when sulphuric acid was used on wet ashing due to Cd retention in the CaSO 4 precipitate formed. Only trace amounts of CA were retained in a silicaceous precipitate resulting from wet ashing in the absence of sulphuric and hydrofluoric acids in the decomposition mixtures employed. Small Cd losses (up to 7%) were observed on dry ashing in the air in open systems at temperatures not exceeding 500oc. Cd losses increased, however, to 30% when the final ashing temperature was raised to 900~ Incorporation of the 109Cd radiotracer into various parts of tomato plants and its distribution between soil and the plants are also briefly reported.
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