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. 2018 Nov 2;6:e5879. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5879

Table 2. Referential table of intervention values (SIV) of each element for different soils according to clay percentage assuming organic matter is ≤2% (source: own elaboration).

SIV (mg/kg) Element
As Cd Hg Pb Ni Zn Cu Cr
Percentage of clay 2 43.50 7.55 2.78 336.71 34.29 303.43 91.83 42.12
5 46.65 7.90 2.92 355.41 42.86 349.71 101.33 46.80
10 51.89 8.48 3.14 386.59 57.14 426.86 117.17 54.60
15 57.13 9.06 3.37 417.76 71.43 504.00 133.00 62.40
20 62.37 9.64 3.59 448.94 85.71 581.14 148.83 70.20
25 67.61 10.22 3.82 480.12 100.00 658.29 164.67 78.00
30 72.86 10.80 4.05 511.29 114.29 735.43 180.50 85.80
35 78.10 11.38 4.27 542.47 128.57 812.57 196.33 93.60
40 83.34 11.96 4.50 573.65 142.86 889.71 212.17 101.40
45 88.58 12.54 4.72 604.82 157.14 966.86 228.00 109.20
50 93.82 13.12 4.95 636.00 171.43 1044.00 243.83 117.00
55 99.06 13.70 5.17 667.18 185.71 1121.14 259.67 124.80
60 104.30 14.28 5.40 698.35 200.00 1198.29 275.50 132.60
65 109.54 14.85 5.62 729.53 214.29 1275.43 291.33 140.40
70 114.79 15.43 5.85 760.71 228.57 1352.57 307.17 148.20
75 120.03 16.01 6.07 791.88 242.86 1429.71 323.00 156.00
80 125.27 16.59 6.30 823.06 257.14 1506.86 338.83 163.80
85 130.51 17.17 6.52 854.24 271.43 1584.00 354.67 171.60
90 135.75 17.75 6.75 885.41 285.71 1661.14 370.50 179.40
95 140.99 18.33 6.97 916.59 300.00 1738.29 386.33 187.20
100 146.23 18.91 7.19 947.77 314.29 1815.44 402.16 195

Note:

Each row of this table presents the intervention values (SIV) of each element, depending on the percentage of clay in the soil and assuming a negligible amount of organic matter.