EFFECT OF SOME SUBSTANCES ON THE CONTENT OF ORGANIC CARBON AND MINERAL COMPONENTS IN SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH CHROMIUM

The aim of the study was to determine the effects of compost, zeolite and CaO used as neutralizing substances on the content of organic carbon and mineral components in soils contaminated with Cr(III) and Cr(VI). The content of organic carbon and mineral components varied depending on the form and the dose of chromium and neutralizing substances used. Increasing contamination of soil with Cr(III) and Cr(VI) resulted in the growth of the content of organic carbon and available forms of potassium and chromium(VI) resulted in a reduction of the content of available magnesium. Among the substances applied, compost and zeolite had larger effects than calcium oxide on the examined properties of soil, particularly in the case of organic carbon, phosphorus and magnesium. Compost and zeolite resulted in increasing the content of organic carbon and magnesium, and decreasing the content of phosphorus in the soil.