| Grant number: | 15/50306-4 |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| Start date: | March 01, 2016 |
| End date: | February 28, 2018 |
| Field of knowledge: | Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry |
| Agreement: | Queen's University of Belfast |
| Principal Investigator: | Amauri Antonio Menegário |
| Grantee: | Amauri Antonio Menegário |
| Principal researcher abroad: | Paul Nicholas Williams |
| Institution abroad: | Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Host Institution: | Centro de Estudos Ambientais (CEA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil |
Abstract
Work Package 1. Prediction of As, Cd and Pb availability & toxicity to Brazilian & NI field crops_ Findings from this initial project will provide information on the frequency and extent of As, Cd and Pb contamination in key field crops in the main cultivated areal in Northern Ireland and San Paulo State. Further, the soil-crop transfer models developed will provide an understanding of which crops and soil types pose the greatest safety risks. Work Package 2. Development of non-destructive methods for the analysis of DGT by XRF. This will involve the development of bespoke DGT samplers for XRF measurement the comparison of three XRF based approaches for DGT analysis and the application of XRF DGT to measure metal fluxes in short time scales, relevant to rhizophere root processes. Work Package 3. Speciation of arsenic in soil porewaters using immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Amberlite IRA 910 resin in agarose gel as a binding agent in the diffusive gradient in thin films. (AU)
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