This study was carried out to investigate the heavy metal contents and their correlationship between paddy soil and brown rice near the Kum-River area.
In this study, eighty soil samples and forty brown rice samples were taken from the paddy soil. The contents of heavy metals were measured by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The results were as follows:
1. The average contents of soluble heavy metals in surface soil were Cd 0.19, Cu 1531, Zn 18.10 and Pb 9.08 ppm. The average contents of soluble heavy metals in subsurface soil were Cd 0.19, Cu 14.52, Zn 17.75 and Ph 8.11 ppm. There was no statistically significant difference between the two layers.
2. The contens of Cu, Zn and Pb of Taejeon(S6) and Cd of Sinbyung(S5) in surface soil were higher than those of other areas. The contents of Cd and Cu of Taejeon(S6) and Zn and Pb of Kumnam(S3) in brown rice were higher than those of other areas and four heavy metals in soil and brown rice of Simchon(S7) were lower than those of other areas.
3. The ratio of soluble contents(Cd : Cu : Zn : Pb) in surface soil was 1 : 79 : 93 : 47, that of soluble contents in subsurface soil was 1 : 76 : 94 : 43, and that of total contents in brown rice was 1 : 84 : 294 : 12.
4. The correlationship of the content between soluble heavy metals in surface(015 cm depth) soil total heavy metals in brown rice was found to be order of Cd)Cu)Zn,jPb. The correlationship of the content between soluble heavy metals in subsurface (2030 cm depth) soil and total heavy metals in brown rice was found to be order of Cu)Cd)Zn)Pb.
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