Table 3 Characteristics of water leachate and eluates with the percentage of compounds leached from cave sediment and CAFAS.
Leachate | Eluate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pH | EC (µS/cm) | pH | EC (µS/cm) | K (mg/l) (%) | Cl (mg/l) (%) | |
Sediment | 5.21 | 5.7 | 7.07 | 47.7 | 1.2 (0.050) | 5 (ND) |
Sediment | 8.39 | 1.4 | 6.58 | 36.2 | 0.8 (0.010) | 1 (ND) |
CAFAS | 5.21 | 5.7 | 7.56 | 120.6 | 2.6 (0.080) | 3 (ND) |
CAFAS | 8.39 | 1.4 | 7.56 | 159.4 | 1.6 (0.080) | 3 (ND) |
Leachate | Eluate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pH | EC (µS/cm) | Al (mg/l) (%) | Cr (mg/l) (%) | Cu (mg/l) (%) | Fe (mg/l) (%) | |
Sediment | 5.21 | 5.7 | 0.01 (< 0.000) | 0.01 (0.009) | 0.10 (0.205) | < 0.00 (< 0.000) |
Sediment | 8.39 | 1.4 | 0.02 (< 0.000) | 0.02 (0.018) | 0.06 (0.123) | < 0.00 (< 0.000) |
CAFAS | 5.21 | 5.7 | 0.05 (< 0.000) | 0.01 (0.025) | 0.04 (0.008) | 0.01 (< 0.000) |
CAFAS | 8.39 | 1.4 | 0.10 (< 0.000) | 0.00 (< 0.000) | 0.06 (0.013) | < 0.00 (< 0.000) |
Leachate | Eluate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pH | EC (µS/cm) | Mn (mg/l) (%) | Ni (mg/l) (%) | Zn (mg/l) (%) | ||
Sediment | 5.21 | 5.7 | 0.001 (< 0.000) | 0.05 (0.038) | < 0.00 (< 0.000) | |
Sediment | 8.39 | 1.4 | 0.002 (< 0.000) | 0.00 (< 0.000) | < 0.00 (< 0.000) | |
CAFAS | 5.21 | 5.7 | 0.001 (< 0.000) | 0.05 (0.154) | < 0.00 (< 0.000) | |
CAFAS | 8.39 | 1.4 | 0.001 (< 0.000) | < 0.00 (< 0.000) | < 0.00 (< 0.000) | |
