Table 3 Physicochemical properties of control and contaminated soil
From: Effect of chemical amendments on reduction of bioavailable heavy metals and ecotoxicity in soil
Soil texture (%) | Chemical properties | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sand | Slit | Clay | pH | EC | Organic matter | Av. P2O5 | CEC | |
(1:5) | (dS/m) | (%) | (mg/kg) | (cmolc/kg) | ||||
Control soil | 57.0 | 28.3 | 14.7 | 6.21 | 0.23 | 1.5 | 28.5 | 5.8 |
Contaminated soil | 36.9 | 45.5 | 17.6 | 6.06 | 0.29 | 2.7 | 22.5 | 18.6 |