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Cadmium distribution coefficients, K d were determined at low Cd concentrations (solute: 0.2 to 3.0 μg Cd dm−3, soil: 0.044 to 1.1 mg Cd kg−1) for 63 Danish agricultural soils. The K d values ranged from 15 to 2450 L kg−1. About 40% of the soils had K d values below 200 L kg−1. The observed K d values correlated very well with soil pH (r 2 = 0.72). Introducing soil organic matter content as a second parameter improved the correlation some (r 2 = 0.79). No further improvements were obtained by introducing traditional soil parameters as clay, silt, fine sand, coarse sand and CEC or ‘reactive’ parameters as oxyhydroxides of Mn, Fe and Al. The identified regression equation for predicting K d values indicates that K d approximately doubles for each 0.5 unit increase in pH or 2% increase (weight basis) in organic matter content.
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Christensen, T.H. Cadmium soil sorption at low concentrations: VIII. correlation with soil parameters. Water Air Soil Pollut 44, 71–82 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00228779
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