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| Author(s): |
Michelle Borges
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. , tabelas. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2002-03-15 |
| Examining board members: |
Otavio Antonio de Camargo;
Jose Carlos Casagrande;
Maria Emilia Mattiazzo Prezotto
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| Advisor: | Otavio Antonio de Camargo |
| Field of knowledge: | Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy |
| Indexed in: | Banco de Dados Bibliográficos da USP-DEDALUS; Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações - USP |
| Location: | Universidade de São Paulo. Biblioteca Central da Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz; t631.41; B732e 78917 |
| Abstract | |
The determination of toxic elements in the soil is an important tool for monitoring environmental pollution. Cadmium is an element potentially toxic to the plants, superior animals and man. Not too much is known about of this cation the behaviour in the very weathered tropical soils which present different attributes from the areas where most of the studies has ben conducted. The objectives of this paper was to verify: a) the extractability of cadmium in natural and contaminated soil samples with the addition of chemical extractants DTPA-TEA pH 7,3, MEHLICH 3 and CaCl2 0,01 mol L -1 and relate the amount extracted with different soil attributes, b) the extractability potential of three low-molecular- weight organic acids (acetic, citric and oxalic acids) and compare to the conventional extractants and c) the extratibility of cadmium in soil samples from polluted areas with the same conventional and organic extractants. The> soil:solution ratios used for Mehlich 3, DTPA-TEA pH 7,3, CaCl2 0,01 mol L -1 , acetic acid 57 mmol L -1 , citric acid 2,1 mmol L -1 and oxalic acid 10,4 mmol L -1 , were respectively, the following: 2,5:25; 10:20; 1:10; 10:20; 10:20 and 10:20 (m/v). Simple linear regression analysis showed negative correlations (r = -0,73) just for DTPA-TEA pH 7,3 extractable Cd and soil clay content, and free Fe content (r = -0,65) and pH in KCl solution (r = -0,47). Multiple regression analysis was also performed and a significant negative correlations (R 2 = 0,528) obtained just for DTPA-TEA pH 7,3 extractable cadmium and soil clay content. The DTPA-TEA pH 7,3 extractant presented the highest results for Cd extratability in natural soils. The CaCl2 0,01 mol L -1 and organic acids solutions extracted very low amount of Cd in natural soils, almost always near the detection limit of the equipament. For contaminated soil samples the acetic acid solution presented the biggest extraction potential for Cd. (AU) | |