In-situ immobilization of selected heavy metals in soils using agricultural wastes and industrial by-products

• Main Authors: Che Fauziah, lshak, Rosazlin , Abdullah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Q Science (General); T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://commonrepo.um.edu.my/13501/1/in%20situ%20immobilization.pdf; http://commonrepo.um.edu.my/13501/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Malaysian soils dominantly fall (about 75%) into the Ultisol and Oxisol Orders in Soil Taxonomy. These soils are generally acidic, pH of 4.0-5.0 and contain essentially of variable charge minerals, namely sesquioxides and kaolinite, thus, have low cation exchange capacity or cations retention capaci...