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Adsorption of Be, F, B, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Sr, Mo, Tc, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Cs, Ba, Hg, Pb, Bi, and P was measured in a sandy soil and a sandy loam soil at concentration levels closely corresponding to those to be expected for field conditions. Mobilities of the elements in the soils were calculated from the adsorption data. Of the trace elements studied, F, B, and Tc were found to be very mobile in both the sandy and sandy loam soils. Manganese, Sr, and Sb were highly mobile only in the sandy soil, and Mo in the sandy loam soil. In general, sludge solutions appeared to increase the mobility of elements in a soil. This is due to a combination of complexation by dissolved organic compounds, high background concentrations, and high ionic strengths of the soil solutions. The relative effects of these factors vary strongly among elements.Equations were derived predicting the rates of accumulation in soils and accompanying increases in the soil solutions of trace elements added with sewage sludge.When adsorption was related to soil organic matter content, for many trace elements the strength of adsorption was found to depend only on pH, increasing with increasing pH.

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Lolium multiflorum, spring wheat cv. Adonis, carrots and spinach were grown in the field and in a dust-free growth chamber in pots containing soil labelled with 109Cd and 210Pb. The contribution of atmospheric Cd and Pb deposition to plant concn was examined by isotope dilution. Atmospheric deposition contributed 73-95% to the Pb concn of leafy material of L. multiflorum, carrots, spinach, wheat grain and wheat straw. Cd deposition was only significant in wheat grain and straw (21-48%). (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)