Concentrations of heavy metals in NPK fertilizers imported in Serbia

  • Milinovic J
  • Lukic V
  • Nikolic-Mandic S
  • et al.
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Concentrations of Pb, Cd, Cu and Mn in sixteen NPK fertilizers imported and widely used in Serbia were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). The results show that contents of heavy metals varied significantly in different fertilizers depending on N:P:K ratio and fertilizer origin. Pb and Cd contents in water solution of fertilizers occurred at low ranges: 2.0-3.1 and 0.03-1.56 mg/kg, respectively. An NPK (15:15:15) fertilizer from Romania was found to contain the highest concentration of Pb and Cd as impurities. Cu content, ranging from 7.1 to 974.7 mg/kg, was the highest in colored fertilizers from Hungary, the Netherlands and Greece. Mn value in a Hungarian NPK product (10:10:20) exceeds the average Mn value in soil. The data indicate variable contents of heavy metals in fertilizers, some of which are significantly higher than natural concentrations in soil, which suggests that they need to be continuously monitored.Koncentracije Pb, Cd, Cu i Mn u sesnaest uvoznih NPK djubriva, koja se najcesce koriste u Srbiji, su odredjene metodom plamene atomske apsorpcione spektrometrije. Dobijeni rezultati pokazuju da sadrzaj teskih metala u uzorcima razlicitih djubriva znacajno varira, sto zavisi od odnosa N:P:K u ispitivanim uzorcima djubriva, kao i od samog porekla djubriva. Koncentracije Pb i Cd su u uskom intervalu: 2,0-3,1, odnosno 0,03-1,56 mg/kg, respektivno. NPK djubrivo (15:15:15) uvezeno iz Rumunije sadrzi veoma visoke koncentracije Pb i Cd, koji se nalaze kao necistoce u sirovinama za dobijanje ovog djubriva. Sadrzaj Cu varira u znatno vecem opsegu: od 7,1 do 974,7 mg/kg, jer je nekim mesanim djubrivima dodat bakar-sulfat kao sredstvo za bojenje. Najveci sadrzaj Cu je nadjen u obojenim, mesanim NPK djubrivima poreklom iz Madjarske, Grcke i Holandije, i prevazilazi vrednost maksimalno dozvoljene koncentracije Cu koja se moze naci u zemljistu. Sadrzaj Mn u madjarskom NPK djubrivu (10:10:20) je veci od prosecnog sadrzaja Mn u zemljistu cak deset puta. Ovi podaci ukazuju da je neophodno permanentno kontrolisati sadrzaj teskih metala u uvoznim djubrivima, u cilju smanjenja zagadjenosti zemljista, podzemnih i povrsinskih voda.

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Milinovic, J., Lukic, V., Nikolic-Mandic, S., & Stojanovic, D. (2008). Concentrations of heavy metals in NPK fertilizers imported in Serbia. Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 23(3), 195–200. https://doi.org/10.2298/pif0803195m

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