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. 2018 Sep 25;25(33):33240–33248. doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-3094-8

Table 3.

Speciation of metal forms in sewage sludge according to the Tessier procedure

Experiment no. Fraction Metal
Lead Chromium Cadmium Copper Nickel Mercury Zinc Arsenic
mg/kg dm mg/kg dm mg/kg dm mg/kg dm mg/kg dm mg/kg dm mg/kg dm mg/kg dm
1 Ion-exchange 3.3 1.3 0.2 16.4 2.5 0.3 156.5 1.2
Carbonate 5.0 2.2 0.4 3.3 0.9 0.2 238.8 1.4
Hydroxyl 2.5 2.1 0.2 5.2 1.3 0.3 158.3 1.1
Organic 4.9 3.1 0.3 14.1 2.3 0.1 112.9 0.7
Residual 0.5 2.6 0.1 13.5 1.7 0.1 192.7 0.6
2 Ion-exchange 3.6 1.3 0.3 14.9 2.5 0.3 142.2 1.2
Carbonate 4.6 2.1 0.1 9.3 0.7 0.2 181.7 1.2
Hydroxyl 2.1 1.9 0.2 3.7 1.2 0.3 182.3 0.9
Organic 4.2 2.9 0.2 12.7 3.0 0.1 130.0 0.6
Residual 1.7 2.8 0.4 12.0 1.4 0.1 225.0 1.2
3 Ion-exchange 1.3 1.2 0.2 12.1 0.6 0.1 193.3 0.8
Carbonate 5.8 2.0 0.2 4.8 2.3 0.2 171.9 1.5
Hydroxyl 2.2 1.9 0.3 9.0 0.6 0.3 187.9 1.1
Organic 5.4 3.0 0.2 11.9 1.8 0.2 176.5 0.8
Residual 1.5 3.2 0.3 15.0 3.3 0.1 131.6 0.8
4 Ion-exchange 1.6 1.1 0.1 13.1 1.6 0.3 218.6 1.0
Carbonate 2.6 1.4 0.2 6.4 1.8 0.3 112.7 1.1
Hydroxyl 4.7 2.0 0.3 7.0 1.5 0.2 200.0 1.1
Organic 2.6 2.6 0.2 14.0 0.5 0.2 190.7 1.0
Residual 4.8 4.0 0.4 12.0 3.4 0.2 132.1 1.0
5 Ion-exchange 1.4 1.7 0.3 7.5 2.4 0.2 250.0 1.3
Carbonate 1.2 1.5 0.3 6.4 1.6 0.3 164.2 1.0
Hydroxyl 1.7 3.1 0.1 7.3 1.7 0.2 161.5 0.7
Organic 1.3 1.4 0.1 15.6 1.7 0.2 143.7 0.7
residual 10.6 3.5 0.5 16.1 1.3 0.1 141.7 1.3
6 Ion-exchange 3.1 1.0 0.3 19.5 1.6 0.3 187.4 1.1
Carbonate 4.7 1.2 0.2 8.2 1.1 0.2 148.1 1.0
Hydroxyl 1.3 2.1 0.1 6.2 0.8 0.1 142.1 0.6
Organic 2.8 3.3 0.1 4.0 1.1 0.1 88.6 0.4
Residual 1.3 1.6 0.3 6.7 2.7 02 149.7 0.8
7 Ion-exchange 3.1 1.0 0.3 22.5 1.6 0.3 177.7 1.0
Carbonate 4.2 1.3 0.3 4.3 1.2 0.2 150.6 0.9
Hydroxyl 1.2 2.1 0.1 7.1 1.0 0.2 141.5 0.8
Organic 2.5 3.3 0.1 4.2 1.1 0.1 88.4 0.4
Residual 2.1 1.6 0.2 6.5 2.3 0.2 157.8 1.0
8 Ion-exchange 2.3 0.7 0.2 12.5 1.4 0.3 213.9 1.1
Carbonate 4.3 0.9 0.1 10.6 1.1 0.2 193.4 0.8
Hydroxyl 1.0 2.0 0.2 9.4 0.5 0.1 122.7 0.8
Organic 2.5 2.8 0.2 4.3 1.0 0.1 115.8 0.6
Residual 2.0 2.9 0.4 7.7 3.4 0.2 71.1 0.7
9 Ion-exchange 1.3 1.3 0.2 6.1 1.2 0.3 161.4 1.2
Carbonate 4.9 2.0 0.2 12.3 1.0 0.2 177.4 0.9
Hydroxyl 1.1 0.9 0.2 10.0 1.1 0.2 162.7 0.7
Organic 3.1 2.2 0.1 6.1 0.7 0.1 117.6 0.6
Residual 2.8 2.9 0.3 10.2 3.3 0.1 95.9 0.6
10 Ion-exchange 1.7 1.7 0.2 12.0 1.0 0.3 181.9 1.1
Carbonate 3.8 2.6 0.2 7.6 0.9 0.2 164.8 0.9
Hydroxyl 1.4 1.4 0.1 6.8 0.9 0.1 153.9 0.7
Organic 1.2 1.3 0.1 3.7 0.8 0.1 97.0 0.5
Residual 5.1 2.2 0.4 14.5 3.6 0.1 117.5 0.7
11 Ion-exchange 3.6 2.0 0.3 16.7 1.1 0.2 220.3 1.3
Carbonate 3.2 2.1 0.2 8.4 1.7 0.2 137.6 1.0
Hydroxyl 0.7 1.8 0.1 8.3 1.4 0.2 140.9 0.7
Organic 3.8 1.2 0.2 8.9 1.6 0.1 173.1 0.6
Residual 5.1 4.1 0.5 10.6 2.7 0.3 191.3 1.5
12 Ion-exchange 4.8 1.1 0.2 9.5 2.3 0.3 135.7 1.2
Carbonate 4.3 2.6 0.2 8.7 1.0 0.3 137.9 1.2
Hydroxyl 0.7 1.7 0.1 9.1 1.1 0.1 140.0 0.7
Organic 2.7 1.4 0.1 10.0 2.2 0.1 146.4 0.8
Residual 3.9 4.4 0.7 15.5 2.2 0.2 300.0 1.2
13 Ion-exchange 4.6 3.4 0.3 10.8 2.2 0.3 182.2 1.3
Carbonate 6.2 2.3 0.3 12.3 0.9 0.3 150.7 1.4
Hydroxyl 1.1 1.9 0.2 9.8 1.3 0.1 192.2 0.7
Organic 0.7 1.3 0.1 8.6 1.4 0.1 96.1 0.7
Residual 3.9 2.1 0.4 11.3 2.8 0.2 238.0 0.8
14 Ion-exchange 6.4 3.0 0.1 15.3 1.8 0.3 178.0 1.4
Carbonate 2.5 2.5 0.1 12.7 0.7 0.3 17.6 1.2
Hydroxyl 2.2 1.8 0.1 11.4 0.6 0.2 158.5 0.8
Organic 2.0 1.6 0.2 0.2 2.3 0.2 110.3 0.7
Residual 3.2 2.1 0.7 13.2 3.2 0.1 235.7 1.1
15 Ion-exchange 6.6 3.5 0.1 11.0 1.1 0.3 133.7 1.5
Carbonate 1.7 2.2 0.2 24.0 1.2 0.2 160.2 1.0
Hydroxyl 1.6 2.6 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.2 133.0 0.7
Organic 0.7 1.7 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.2 107.6 0.6
Residuzal 5.8 1.1 0.5 16.5 4.9 0.2 324.7 1.1