Zinc and cadmium in corn plants growing
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Roger Jones; Kimberly A. Prohaska; Magdalena S. E. Burgess
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Article
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1988
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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Corn kernels and young corn plants (Zea mays) growing beneath and close to a 6-yr old galvanized steel tower supporting a 500-kV electrical transmission line had elevated concentrations of Zn due to corrosion of the protective Zn coating on the steel. Zinc corrodes preferentially from galvanized ste