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Table 2 Chemical and mechanical analysis of the soil

From: Iron oxide nanoparticles effect on growth, physiological traits and nutritional contents of Moringa oleifera grown in saline environment

Depth	00–30 cm	30–60 cm
Soil texture	Sandy soil	Sandy soil
pH	8.1	8.4
EC dS⁻¹	15.1	4.52
Soluble cations (Meq/L)
K⁺	0.4	0.24
Na⁺	112.0	27.0
Mg⁺⁺	28.8	5.5
Ca⁺⁺	60.5	12.5
Soluble anions (Meq/L)
SO4⁻	61.0	10.64
Cl⁻	139.0	31.0
HCO₃⁻	2.7	3.6
CO⁻	–	–

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