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. 2012 Apr 1;2012:125608. doi: 10.1100/2012/125608

Table 3.

Heavy metals speciation in the soil.

S/N Sample ID Pb Cu Cr Zn As Sn
Fraction 1: Exchangeable mg/kg (ppm)

1 S1 03.45 02.99 03.46 02.56 01.23 12.34
2 S2 05.67 04.37 02.91 01.98 00.92 11.87
3 S3 04.34 03.76 04.23 03.67 02.11 14.17
4 S4 06.88 05.23 02.40 02.59 01.74 15.88
5 S5 03.24 04.65 03.21 03.99 00.86 12.23
Mean 04.71 04.20 03.22 02.95 01.37 13.29
%age 09.34% 06.44% 07.98% 09.55% 11.53% 14.64%

Fraction 2: Bound to carbonates mg/kg (ppm)

1 S1 08.29 11.29 08.97 06.87 02.87 25.98
2 S2 11.34 08.34 09.37 05.49 03.29 28.56
3 S3 09.88 07.35 10.10 09.30 04.21 30.25
4 S4 07.78 08.34 06.56 05.34 02.39 28.99
5 S5 10.84 09.23 09.23 06.53 02.65 25.40
Mean 09.62 08.91 08.64 06.70 03.06 27.83
%age 18.34% 15.44% 17.98% 19.51% 27.53% 33.64%

Fraction 3: Bound to oxides mg/kg (ppm)

1 S1 16.23 15.88 10.00 10.76 04.21 53.23
2 S2 18.29 19.24 14.21 12.34 05.53 59.65
3 S3 12.87 17.30 15.99 13.21 03.92 61.23
4 S4 19.02 11.02 16.37 10.98 05.67 58.34
5 S5 17.25 14.83 12.31 15.23 09.34 50.85
Mean 16.73 15.65 13.77 12.50 05.73 56.61
%age 23.76% 26.19% 24.15% 23.98% 28.21% 42.12%

Fraction 4: Bound to organics mg/kg (ppm)

1 S1 32.14 23.56 18.91 25.88 06.72 79.34
2 S2 29.39 27.91 16.28 28.76 09.36 80.05
3 S3 24.26 30.20 23.22 34.75 10.67 68.32
4 S4 30.22 26.87 29.90 30.04 07.49 76.51
5 S5 28.95 31.64 24.24 29.80 06.99 81.49
Mean 28.99 28.03 22.51 29.84 08.24 77.14
%age 26.16% 28.91% 30.75% 33.58% 40.53% 52.40%

Fraction 5: Residual or inert mg/kg (ppm)

1 S1 48.21 62.51 32.44 54.38 11.23 102.34
2 S2 52.78 70.46 21.96 78.23 14.24 098.34
3 S3 61.10 49.80 38.75 59.00 10.96 112.87
4 S4 57.91 53.77 50.02 63.22 08.34 118.34
5 S5 43.55 50.24 43.25 49.30 20.34 101.45
Mean 52.71 57.35 37.24 60.62 13.02 106.66
%age 57.56% 52.98% 61.45% 63.12% 59.52% 71.29%