Table 2 Chemical characteristics of PG organic.

From: Valorization of rare earth processing byproducts for agriculture usage

Parameter

Value

Moisture (%)

13.79 ± 0.052

pHwater (1:2.5)

7.16 ± 0.012

Conductivity (mS/cm)

4.96 ± 0.058

Cation exchange capacity (CEC) (cmol+/kg)

24.31 ± 2.325

Exchangeable Ca

65.60 ± 5.205

Exchangeable K

14.82 ± 1.209

Exchangeable Mg

51.04 ± 5.074

Exchangeable Na

1.85 ± 0.010

Nitrogen (%)

1.29 ± 0.027

Phosphorus (%)

2.62 ± 0.143

Potassium (%)

2.24 ± 0.030

Calcium (%)

9.56 ± 0.598

Magnesium (%)

2.99 ± 0.022

Water soluble P (mg/kg)

154.67 ± 12.837

Aluminium (%)

0.74 ± 0.056

Boron (%)

0.02 ± 0.003

Copper (%)

0/01 ± 0.001

Ferum (%)

5.93 ± 0.345

Manganese (%)

0.17 ± 0.007

Zinc (%)

0.04 ± 0.003

Arsenic (mg/kg)

1.51 ± 0.083

Cadmium (mg/kg)

0.33 ± 0.01

Cobalt (mg/kg)

1.64 ± 0.024

Chromium (mg/kg)

21.84 ± 3.90

Mercury (mg/kg)

nd

Molybdenum (mg/kg)

1.26 ± 0.089

Nickel (mg/kg)

106.85 ± 1.14

Lead (mg/kg)

53.58 ± 3.03

Selenium (mg/kg)

3.34 ± 0.45

  1. MS ISO/IEC 1702; nd = not detected.