Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
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Volume 236: Issue 1-2
Transfer factors of 31 elements in several agricultural plants collected from 150 farm fields in Aomori, Japan
Authors:
H. Tsukada Institute for Environmental Sciences Department of Radioecology 1-7 Ienomae, Obuchi, Rokkasho-mura 039-32 Kamikita-gun, Aomori Japan

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Y. Nakamura National Institute of Radiological Sciences Environmental and Toxicological Sciences Research Group 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku 263 Chiba-shi, Chiba Japan

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Pages:
123–131
Online Publication Date:
12 Apr 2006
Publication Date:
17 Oct 1998
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02386329
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Abstract  

Soil-to-plant transfer factors of 31 stable elements were determined by neutron activation analysis. The transfer factor is one of the important parameters used to estimate the internal radiation dose from radionuclides through food ingestion. In the present study, 12 species of agricultural plants such as root crops, fruit vegetables, green vegetables and pasture grasses, and their soils were collected from 150 farm fields in Aomori prefecture, Japan. The elements described are those that could be detected by this method, which include both essential and nonessential elements for plant growth. The concentrations of individual elements in the cultivated soil samples for each plant were similar in values and their standard deviations were within one order of magnitude, because of the relatively narrow geographic sampling area. The elements were classified into two groups, each having different transfer factor characteristics. In the first group of elements there was an inverse correlation between the transfer factors and the concentrations of elements in the soil, especially for Cl, K and Ca. In the second group, especially Sc and Co, however, the transfer factors were independent of the concentrations of elements in the soil.

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0236-5731
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