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The composition of leachates from an Ultisol reconstructed inlysimeters and amended with limestone, sugar foam waste and gypsum rock was studied. The typical rainfall of the area fromwhich the soil was collected was simulated under laboratory conditions over a five-month period. The soil samples treated with gypsum behaved markedly differently from the rest. Thus, the samples amended with gypsum gave leachates with substantially increased ammonium contents that might result in contamination of aquifers. The gypsum-treated samples alsoexhibited marked differences in pH, EC and the Ca, Mg, Na andK contents from the rest.
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López, A., Espejo, R. & Vidal, M. Study of Ammonium Contamination in Leachates from an Ultisol Following Application of Various Types of Amendment. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 133, 133–143 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012975508980
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