Volume 32, Number 4, 2008

The metal pieces of coffins, such as handles and adornments, are considered the main source of soil heavy metal contamination. Other sources of pollutants are the products used in the body embalming, wood preservatives and fluids released from body decomposition. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clay fraction mineralogy and heavy metal contents of soils from Santa Cândida Municipal Cemetery, in Curitiba (PR), and estimate the contamination risk. The samples were collected at three depths (0-20, 20-80 […]

Alkaline by-products generated in the pulp and paper industry can be used to reduce soil acidity. However, the low Mg and intermediate Na values in these residues can negatively affect the bioavailability of some nutrients and soil properties. Before recommending them, it is therefore imperative that their effects on the soil be evaluated. The objective of this study was to quantify the soil chemical composition and vertical mobility of cations due to application of alkaline industrial residue in different forms, […]

The presence of highly stable microaggregates can hamper soil dispersion in some Oxisols. These very clayey groupings may be not completely disaggregated by chemical and mechanical dispersion. Due to their size, the silt proportion of the soil is overestimated. A laboratory experiment was conducted to verify the use of the solution equilibrium P (SEP) to evaluate the response to particle size analysis pre-treatments in Oxisols. The treatments were arranged in a 7 x 22 factorial design, in randomized blocks with […]