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. 2014 Sep 4;9(9):e106618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106618

Table 1. The basic physicochemical properties and heavy metal concentrations in V-Ti magnetite mine tailing soil.

Properties Average value Minimum value Maximum value
pH 5.28±0.91 4.48 6.34
Organic matter (‰) 16.98±4.45 12.72 22.29
Total N (mg kg−1) 103.50±36.84 72.85 153.73
Available N (mg kg−1) 13.64±8.03 8.46 25.60
Available K (mg kg−1) 11.71±3.86 7.21 15.98
Available P (mg kg−1) 11.08±1.82 8.87 13.15
As (mg kg−1) 0.94±0.58 0.47 1.77
Fe (mg kg−1) 76145.84±3715.20 70782.50 78647.50
Ti (mg kg−1) 28185.84±3264.46 23976.67 31596.67
V (mg kg−1) 5584.38±2457.28 2974.00 7595.00
Cr (mg kg−1) 98.51±9.20 90.61 111.72
Mn (mg kg−1) 1417.17±141.02 1268.33 1543.75
Zn (mg kg−1) 87.72±20.27 69.21 106.59
Cu (mg kg−1) 56.75±30.65 30.05 95.58
Ni (mg kg−1) 48.11±12.23 38.40 65.34
Pb (mg kg−1) 6.90±1.37 5.62 8.84
Cd (mg kg−1) 0.52±0.25 0.19 0.78