Abstract
Ethylendiamintetraacetic acid (EDTA) is persistent in the environment. The presence of EDTA in soil may alter the mobility and transport of Zn, Cd and Ni in soils because of the formation of water soluble chelates, thus increasing the potential for metal pollution of natural waters. Mobility of metals is related to their extractability. To investigate metal extractability affected by EDTA, Zn, Cd and Ni were added to Vertisol and Alluvial soil at rates of 50, 2 and 5 mg kg-1, respectively. Both natural and metal amended soils were treated with Na2EDTA at rates of 0; 0.2 and 0.5 mg kg-1. After five months of incubation soil samples were extracted with 0.1 N HCl, 0.005 M DTPA + 0.01 M CaCl2 + 0.1 M TEA (0.005 M Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid + 0.01 M Calcium cloride + 0.1 M Triethanolamine) and 1 M Mg(NO3)2, the latter of which extracts the exchangeable from of metald (Zn, Cd and Ni). According to experiment results, Zn, Cd and Ni in all extraction increased with increasing rates of EDTA in the natural and metal amended soils.
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