THE ANALYSIS OF THE HEAVY METALS IN THE CORN AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM IN THE AXENTE SEVER-COPSA MICA AREA (SIBIU COUNTY)

Iuliana Antonie and Petronela Pavel
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Iuliana Antonie: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Petronela Pavel: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Revista Economica, 2013, vol. 65, issue 1, 174-182

Abstract: The invertebrates constitute important indicators in the appreciation of the soil. A first step in this respect is constituted by the analysis of the heavy metals in the corn fields in the Axente Sever and Copsa Micaƒ Area. Methods of researching: collecting the samples in the soil by using the agricultural drill; the determination of the heavy metals by spectroscopy of atomic absorption, using the spectrometer of atomic absorption ContrAA 700. As a result of the researches the average concentration of lead and cadmium in the soil of the agricultural ecosystems from the studied area is still high.

Keywords: soil; heavy metal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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