Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 3 Analysis of variance and mean values of the major elements (wt%) of the selected soils

From: Influence of chemical and mineralogical soil properties on the adsorption of sulfamethoxazole and diclofenac in Mediterranean soils

Sample	SiO₂	TiO₂	Al₂O₃	Fe₂O₃	MnO	MgO	CaO	Na₂O	K₂O	P₂O₅	LOI
	%
Sibari	52.5 (a)	0.81 (a)	17.4 (ab)	7.3 (a)	0.19 (a)	2.85 (a)	6.0 (c)	0.72 (a)	2.28 (a)	0.17 (a)	9.8 (b)
Noci	28.4 (c)	0.65 (b)	15.5 (b)	5.3 (b)	0.13 (b)	0.83 (c)	22.9 (a)	0.23 (b)	1.37 (b)	0.02 (b)	24.6 (a)
Altamura	37.6 (b)	0.80 (a)	19.4 (a)	6.7 (ab)	0.18 (a)	1.15 (b)	12.4 (b)	0.36 (b)	2.36 (a)	0.13 (a)	19.0 (a)

LOI Loss of Ignition
The values in each column followed by a different letter are significantly different according to Tukey’s test

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