The effect of stable strontium superimposed upon soil uniformly contaminated with strontium-85 on uptake of strontium-85 by bush bean plants

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Soil Sci.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00010694-198207000-00015· OSTI ID:5740745

Romney, E M; Wallace, A; Alexander, G V; Cha, J W

Bush bean plants were grown for 14 days in Yolo loam soil to which strontium-85 had been blended uniformly. Stable Sr was additionally applied at rates of 0, 10, 25, and 100 micrograms per gram of soil. The results in uptake of /sup 85/Sr and stable Sr implied that there was somewhere around 8 ..mu..g available native Sr per g soil. Without added Sr, bush beans contained 72, 30, and 64 ..mu..g/g stable Sr per g for primary leaves, trifoliate leaves, and stems, respectively. The addition of stable Sr was reflected in increased plant uptake of stable Sr. It was postulated that native soil Sr would have much greater effect on radioactive Sr transport than would soil Ca. The Y value for Sr uptake was near ln 2.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Los Angeles
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00012
• OSTI ID: 5740745
• Journal Information: Soil Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: Soil Sci.; (United States) Vol. 134:1; ISSN SOSCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ABSORPTION
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHEMISTRY
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LEAVES
LEGUMINOSAE
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
NUCLEI
PHASEOLUS
PLANT STEMS
PLANTS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
ROOT ABSORPTION
SOIL CHEMISTRY
SOILS
STABLE ISOTOPES
STRONTIUM
STRONTIUM 85
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
UPTAKE