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. 2016 Jun 24;47(4):853–862. doi: 10.1016/j.bjm.2016.06.001

Table 2.

Chemical characteristics of the soil in areas contaminated with heavy metals after the use of rehabilitation systems [S1 (Ec-R and Ec-IR) and S2 (EcB-R and EcB-IR)], in non-rehabilitated contaminated area (NR), and in non-contaminated areas [Cerrado (C) and Pasture (P)].

Characteristics Ec-R Ec-IR EcB-R EcB-IR NR C P
pH (H2O) 6.5 6.9 6.3 6.3 4.8 5.5 5.7
P (mg dm−3)a 5.8 11.2 8.8 2.7 6.3 0.7 1.0
K (mg dm−3)a 52.6 56.8 80.8 72.7 40.8 123.4 80.4
Ca+2 (cmolc dm−3)b 1.6 1.6 2.2 2.5 81.3 0.4 0.7
Mg+2 (cmolc dm−3)b 1.7 0.7 1.0 1.2 22.0 0.6 0.3
Al+3 (cmolc dm−3)b 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.4 1.6 0.2
H+Al (cmolc dm−3)c 1.5 1.3 2.0 2.0 14.4 4.9 2.7
Corg (g kg−1) 3.8 3.4 5.3 4.8 2.4 3.6 5.6
Mn (mg dm−3)a 46.8 56.6 55.8 83.5 1446 24.4 30.9
Zn total (mg kg−1)a 3805 8673 574 581 47,910 23 17
Zn soluble (mg kg−1)d 2866 6680 258 332 13,695 1.8 3.6
Cu total (mg kg−1)a 189 511 10 23 738 18 14
Cu soluble (mg kg−1)d 139 456 7.2 8 343 1.4 2.6
Pb total (mg kg−1)a 77 139 32 50 6488 15 7
Pb soluble (mg kg−1)d 35 77.3 15.6 16.6 32 <2.0 <2.0
Cd total (mg kg−1)a 19 37 6 10 1207 0.06 0.03
Cd soluble (mg kg−1)d 18.9 37 4.8 5.8 565 <0.02 <0.02
a

USEPA 3051.

b

KCl 1 mol L−1.

c

SMP.

d

Mehlich-1.