The distribution of automobile catalysts-cast platinum, palladium and rhodium in soils adjacent to roads and their uptake by grass

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 384-392

  Hooda, P S ^a   Miller, A ^b   Edwards, A C ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PGE, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Gold, Grass, Uptake, Soil distribution, Traffic flows

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; CATALYSTS; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; ROADS AND STREETS; SOILS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACID DIGESTION; GRASS; SOIL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC-FLOWS;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

GOLD; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHODIUM;

AUTOMOBILE; GOLD; GRASS; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; ROAD; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; CAR; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ELECTRONICS; GRASS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; TRAFFIC;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GOLD; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; POACEAE; RHODIUM; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 34548132091     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.040     Document Type: Article

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