The Element Composition of the Mountain Altai Plants

Abstract

A study has been first made on the element composition of both the plants of six species, belonging to three families, growing in the Mountain Altai, and the samples of soil from their habitat using the method of X-ray fluorescence analysis, involving synchrotron radiation (SRXRF). The highest accumulation of macro- and microelements is typical of the representatives of Caragana of the Fabaceae family, the lowest content was recorded for the representatives of Potentilla and Sibiraea of the Rosaceae family. The amount of elements - Br, Y, Mo, Nb, Zr, Ti, Rb, Co, Sr, Fe, Ni and V varies within a wide range (С_max/C_min > 5), Mn, Cu and Pb - within small (1,5 ≤С_max/C_min ≤ 2,5) and with very small (С_max/C_min ≤ 1.5) range.