The Use Of Pb-210 Isotope As An Indicator Of Pollutants’ Migration In The Environment

• Authors: Agnieszka Dołhańczuk-Śródka

Title variants

PL

WYKORZYSTANIE IZOTOPU Pb-210 JAKO WSKAŹNIKA PRZEMIESZCZANIA SIĘ ZANIECZYSZCZEŃ W ŚRODOWISKU

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Radioactive isotopes, both natural and artificial, present in the environment, may be convenient indicators that can be used to study many physical and chemical processes as well as the transport of pollutants in the ecosystem. The studies have shown that in identification of particulate matter emission sources a radioactive lead isotope (Pb-210) can be used. The Pb-210 increased activity concentration in the top soil layers suggests its current atmospheric deposition. This conclusion is confirmed by the results of the Principal Components Analysis, conducted using the measured radionuclide content in 0-30 cm deep soil layer samples.

Keywords

EN

Pb-210; pollutant emission indicator

PL

Pb-210; wskaźnik emisji zanieczyszczeń

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 379-388

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2015

online

5 - 10 - 2015

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Dołhańczuk-Śródka

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-035 Opole, Poland, phone [phone]

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/eces-2015-0020