Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 2 Heavy metal content in the studied soil samples (ppm)

From: Evaluation of heavy metal mobility in contaminated soils between Abu Qurqas and Dyer Mawas Area, El Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt

Sample no.	Cd	As	Cr	Pb	Ni	Cu
Min.	0.35	ND	89	ND	18	35
Max.	2.60	140	260	300	170	140
Mean	1.19	27	182	54	111	92
MAC	1–5	1–10	50–200	20–300	20–60	60–150

ND not detected, MAC maximum allowable concentration (after Kabata-Pendias and Mukherjee 2007)

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