Research Article

Fertility Evaluation of Limed Brazilian Soil Polluted with Scrap Metal Residue

Table 1

Heavy metal concentrations of the twelve subareas analyzed.

SubareaTotal contenta
BaCdPbCuCrNiZn
mg kg−1

SA1b 1,811
SA2b 3,225
SA3b 3,371
SA4b 2,223
SA5b 1,890
SA6b 1,985
SA7b 1,411
SA8b 1,678
SA9b 2,102
SA10b 1,721
SA11b 2,930
SA12b 2,014

Mean 2,197

SCc <0.1

SW-846 3051 method [19].
bContaminated soil sample.
cUncontaminated soil sample.