Ecological Processes

Table 4 Effects of different treatments on basic properties of soil

From: Passivation remediation of weakly alkaline Cd-contaminated soils using combined treatments of biochar and sepiolite

Treatment	pH	EC (µS·cm^–¹)	DOC (mg·kg^–¹)
CK	8.34 ± 0.12b	265.9 ± 63.3a	93.96 ± 18.00b
A1	8.34 ± 0.15b	272.5 ± 58.3a	100.45 ± 10.94ab
A2	8.35 ± 0.12b	293.7 ± 63.9a	111.73 ± 26.51a
S1	8.53 ± 0.08a	260.3 ± 57.0a	105.99 ± 22.44ab
S2	8.43 ± 0.17ab	316.4 ± 96.8a	106.58 ± 14.96ab
A1S1	8.47 ± 0.21ab	305.4 ± 59.9a	104.76 ± 18.04ab
A2S1	8.38 ± 0.19ab	332.6 ± 101.5a	101.92 ± 12.12ab
A2S2	8.50 ± 0.14ab	278.7 ± 73.5a	107.38 ± 12.08ab

Electric conductivity (EC; µS·cm⁻¹), Dissolved organic carbon (DOC; mg·kg⁻¹), Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3), Different letters in columns indicate significant differences (p< 0.05)

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