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. 2015 Jan 24;13:2. doi: 10.1186/s40201-015-0159-1

Table 2.

The contents of the analyzed elements in soil (total and extractability contents), given in mg kg −1 , n = 4

Element Extraction in H 2 O Extraction in 0.1 mol L −1 HCl Extraction in DTPA–CaCl 2 –TEA Total contents
Copper mine environ (site 1) Former iron mine environ (site 2) Reference area (site 3) Urban area (site 4)
Ag <0.01 0.02 ± 0.01 <0.01 0.47 0.76 0.46 1.09
Al 23.9 ± 16.5 62.9 ± 46.2 0.78 ± 0.88 58992 61061 59467 59643
As <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 26.9 23.4 18.9 48.7
Ba 0.18 ± 0.05 10.9 ± 5.81 0.71 ± 0.40 311 403 343 437
Ca 104 ± 47.7 3421 ± 430 1222 ± 197 22677 20447 21954 35394
Cd 0.01 ± 0.001 0.05 ± 0.03 0.05 ± 0.03 1.06 0.96 0.86 0.59
Cr 0.04 ± 0.02 0.06 ± 0.03 0.01 ± 0.003 63.6 41.9 55.8 54.2
Cu 0.30 ± 0.06 1.57 ± 1.97 8.60 ± 6.65 100 63.7 34.3 79.0
Fe 27.9 ± 18.1 4.43 ± 4.84 28.0 ± 33.4 43025 32629 32646 31242
K 56.2 ± 15.6 155 ± 47.2 81.6 ± 26.6 23716 19805 16173 20290
Li 0.01 ± 0.004 0.04 ± 0.006 0.006 ± 0.005 7.79 5.70 7.74 9.81
Mg 21.7 ± 6.15 305 ± 79.6 103 ± 28.7 10676 6583 8956 8629
Mn 0.47 ± 0.31 44.4 ± 28.5 10.6 ± 2.82 521 577 575 567
Mo 0.04 ± 0.04 0.04 ± 0.02 0.03 ± 0.03 4.0 3.2 2.8 2.5
Na 6.91 ± 4.67 9.73 ± 5.94 6.06 ± 5.35 8582 9248 8506 7956
Ni 0.18 ± 0.05 0.84 ± 0.54 0.55 ± 0.22 19.6 39.0 23.9 34.0
P 16.6 ± 3.75 177 ± 24.8 5.19 ± 1.41 1385 931 995 2184
Pb 0.25 ± 0.07 0.38 ± 0.26 1.71 ± 1.15 24.4 44.8 36.8 83.9
V 0.08 ± 0.03 0.10 ± 0.08 0.06 ± 0.04 93.8 72.2 82.7 67.9
Zn 0.28 ± 0.11 6.02 ± 5.34 5.02 ± 5.10 78.8 72.9 73.2 181

Bold values indicated the maximum extracted content of current element under specific extraction reagents.