Effect of EDTA and NTA on cadmium distribution and translocation in Pennisetum purpureum Schum cv. Mott.

The primary objective of this research was to investigate the cadmium (Cd) distribution in Pennisetum purpurem (Napier grass) in the presence of 30 mg/L of Cd and different types and concentrations of chelating agents (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium dihydrate (EDTA), nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA), and EDTA-NTA mixtures). Plant samples were collected every 15 d during a 105-d experimental period. Accumulation of Cd in each part of the plant was determined using atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS), and the distribution of Cd was determined by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA-ICP-MS) and synchrotron radiation micro X-ray fluorescence (SR-micro-XRF).

The first microbeam synchrotron X-ray fluorescence beamline at the Siam Photon Laboratory.

The first microbeam synchrotron X-ray fluorescence (µ-SXRF) beamline using continuous synchrotron radiation from Siam Photon Source has been constructed and commissioned as of August 2011. Utilizing an X-ray capillary half-lens allows synchrotron radiation from a 1.4 T bending magnet of the 1.

Combined magnetic and single-crystal X-ray structural study of the linear chain antiferromagnet [(CH3)4N][MnCl3] under varying pressure.

The magnetic susceptibility and single-crystal X-ray structure of the one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain tetramethylammonium manganese trichloride (TMMC) have been studied under pressure as a facile route to develop structure-property relationships. The X-ray structure of TMMC was determined at 0, 2.1, 3.