Frequency distribution of /sup 241/Am in a population of bush bean plants grown in soil in a glasshouse

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981 · Soil Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5892523

Kinnear, J E; Wallace, A; Romney, E M

We grew 30 bush bean plants in a glasshouse in soil contaminated with 14,000 dpm /sup 241/Am/g soil. Another 30 were grown in similar soil, but with 100 ..mu..g DTPA chelating agent/g soil. The coefficient of variation for /sup 241/Am in the different kinds of leaves assayed varied from 54 to 124 percent within each treatment. The variability was not related to the presence of the chelating agent. The frequency distribution appeared to be log/sub e/ normal.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Los Angeles
• OSTI ID: 5892523
• Journal Information: Soil Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: Soil Sci.; (United States) Vol. 132:1; ISSN SOSCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ABSORPTION
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM COMPOUNDS
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
AMERICIUM NITRATES
AMINO ACIDS
BEANS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BUILDINGS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHELATING AGENTS
CONCENTRATION RATIO
DISTRIBUTION
DRUGS
DTPA
FOOD
GREENHOUSES
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LEAVES
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
RADIOPROTECTIVE SUBSTANCES
ROOT ABSORPTION
SOILS
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
TRANSPLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
UPTAKE
VEGETABLES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES