Assessment of Heavy Metal Concentrations with Fractionation Method in Sediments and Waters of the Badovci Lake (Kosovo)

Table 6

Descending order of analyzed metal fractions in the sediment of the Badovci Lake.

Metals	Descending order of metals by the chemical fraction
Fe	Residual > Fe-Mn oxides > organic > carbonate > exchangeable
Al	Residual > organic > Fe-Mn oxides > carbonate > exchangeable
Mn	Fe-Mn oxides > carbonate > exchangeable > organic > residual
Ba	Residual > Fe-Mn oxides > carbonate > exchangeable > organic
Zn	Residual > Fe-Mn oxides > organic > exchangeable > carbonate
V	Residual > Fe-Mn oxides > organic > carbonate > exchangeable
Cr	Residual > organic > Fe-Mn oxides > carbonate > exchangeable
Ni	Residual > Fe-Mn oxides > organic > carbonate > exchangeable
Pb	Fe-Mn oxides > organic > residual > carbonate > exchangeable
Cu	Residual > organic > Fe-Mn oxides > carbonate > exchangeable
As	Residual > organic = Fe-Mn oxides = carbonate = exchangeable
Cd	All fractions are <1 mg/kg
Co	All fractions are <1 mg/kg