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Fixation Effect of Fe3O4-GO to Hinder Pb(II) Translocation into Leek

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Agricultural soil is easily polluted by heavy metal and recently by metal-based nanoparticles, which has been synthesized in lab and discarded to environment. The uptake and accumulation of them by crops in polluted soil may pose high risks for human health. Here, we investigated the fate and the fixation effect of Fe3O4-GO nanocomposites (NCs) to lead ions in the soil-leek system during four harvest lifecycle. The results showed within 100 days, 600-mg/kg Fe3O4-GO significantly decreased Pb(II) concentrations in leaves by 37.89%, 39.10%, 73.86%, and 47.17% compared with controls. When Fe3O4-GO was added into Pb(II)-polluted soil, a significant fixation effect of Pb(II) was found, and the reduce percentages were 47.29%, 66.60%, 78.04%, and 39.16% for leaves, stem, storage roots, and absorbing roots compared with controls. The scanning electron microscope images showed that the overall appearance of Fe3O4-GO has not been destroyed during the interaction with soil.

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This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31601547).

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    Jing Wang, Chenlu Chu, Jian Yuan & Changrui Xing

  2. Shanghai Depot of Sinograin, Shanghai, 200241, People’s Republic of China

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• The fate and the fixation effect of Fe3O4-GO nanocomposites to Pb(II) in the soil-leek system during four harvest lifecycle were investigated.

• After addition of Fe3O4-GO into Pb(II)-polluted soil, a significant fixation effect of Pb(II) was found based on the analysis of leaves, stem, storage roots, and absorbing roots.

• The scanning electron microscope images showed that the overall appearance of Fe3O4-GO has not been destroyed during the interaction with soil.

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Wang, J., Sun, M., Chu, C. et al. Fixation Effect of Fe3O4-GO to Hinder Pb(II) Translocation into Leek. Water Air Soil Pollut 231, 326 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04694-9

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