Research Article
Assessing Physiochemical Characteristics of Agricultural Waste and Ready Compost at Wadi Al-Far’a Watershed of Palestine
Table 3
Heavy metal contents of raw organic agricultural waste produced in the WFW.
| Sample no. | Heavy metal content (mg/kg) | Zn | Mn | Fe | Cr | Cd | Pb |
| W1 | 0.83 | 2.78 | 155.25 | 2.40 | 0.00 | 1.15 | W2 | 1.20 | 414.50 | 114.53 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | W3 | 0.83 | 440.35 | 286.13 | 3.95 | 0.08 | 0.05 | W4 | 1.08 | 292.55 | 249.28 | 2.80 | 0.00 | 2.05 | W5 | 1.08 | 306.13 | 190.95 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 2.43 | W6 | 1.13 | 305.63 | 37.08 | 10.13 | 3.68 | 0.23 | W7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | W8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | W9 | 0.30 | 56.45 | 244.53 | 6.28 | 3.73 | 2.05 | W10 | 0.70 | 85.40 | 248.90 | 6.65 | 2.60 | 6.08 | W11 | 0.83 | 126.90 | 237.30 | 3.18 | 1.05 | 5.53 | W12 | 0.53 | 310.08 | 213.45 | 3.18 | 1.28 | 4.25 | W13 | 0.83 | 143.10 | 189.73 | 5.88 | 2.43 | 2.43 | W14 | 0.55 | 136.30 | 189.30 | 4.33 | 0.60 | 3.70 | W15 | 1.08 | 199.60 | 206.38 | 9.35 | 0.15 | 2.78 | W16 | 1.90 | 249.30 | 183.23 | 6.65 | 0.30 | 4.63 | W17 | 1.43 | 207.93 | 299.50 | 0.00 | 3.68 | 2.43 | Min | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Average | 0.84 | 192.76 | 179.15 | 3.89 | 1.15 | 2.34 | St. Dev. | 0.48 | 140.04 | 91.78 | 3.21 | 1.46 | 1.98 | Max | 1.90 | 440.35 | 299.50 | 10.13 | 3.73 | 6.08 |
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Minimum values are indicated in italics. Maximum values are indicated in bold.
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