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The distribution and accumulation characteristics of heavy metals in soil and plant from H uainan coalfield, C hina
Author(s) -
Zhang Wentie,
You Mu,
Hu Yunhu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
environmental progress and sustainable energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1944-7450
pISSN - 1944-7442
DOI - 10.1002/ep.12336
Subject(s) - heavy metals , environmental chemistry , soil water , chemistry , inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry , metal , coal , coal mining , inductively coupled plasma , mining engineering , environmental science , mass spectrometry , geology , soil science , plasma , physics , organic chemistry , chromatography , quantum mechanics
The distribution and accumulation behaviors of heavy metals in plants and corresponding soils in Huainan Coalfield, one of the national coal mine bases in China were investigated. Various plant species and corresponding soil samples were collected from three coal mines of different mining durations. The inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry was employed to determine the concentrations of selected heavy metals (As, Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn). The distribution characteristics of heavy metals in total plants suggesting that the accumulation characteristics of plants may be not consistent with the distribution behaviors of heavy metals in corresponding soils. The varied heavy metals in different plant species suggest that all these plants have heavy metal tolerance. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 35: 1098–1104, 2016