Background concentrations for inorganic and selected organic chemicals soil and groundwater
This table is reproduced from the Background Investigation Report and more recent Quadrant CAS/CMS Reports.
Analyte | Background Value |
||
---|---|---|---|
soil background (mg/kg) |
gallia background (ug/l) |
berea background (ug/l) |
|
Aluminum | 15314 |
--- |
--- |
Antimony | --- |
36.5 |
39.5 |
Arsenic | 31 |
92 |
12 |
Barium | 181 |
151 |
4011 |
Benzene | --- |
--- |
10.5 |
Beryllium | 1.4 |
6.5 |
7 |
Boron | --- |
--- |
--- |
Cadmium | 2 |
6.5 |
7 |
Calcium | 1465 |
--- |
--- |
Chromium | 28.6 |
21 |
17.5 |
Cobalt | 28.2 |
13 |
91 |
Copper | 32.6 |
21 |
22.5 |
Cyanide, total | 2.5 |
10.5 |
10.5 |
Ethylbenzene | --- |
--- |
1.2 |
Fluoride | 9.5 |
410 |
4212 |
Iron | 51180 |
--- |
--- |
Lead | 34 |
16 |
10 |
Lithium | 35 |
--- |
--- |
Magnesium | 4742 |
--- |
--- |
Manganese | 2012 |
--- |
--- |
Mercury | 0.048 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Nickel | 34 |
30.5 |
840 |
Potassium | 1902 |
--- |
--- |
Selenium | 3 |
10.5 |
10.5 |
Silver | 2.5 |
10.5 |
11 |
Sodium | 63 |
--- |
--- |
Thallium | 2.5 |
10.5 |
21.5 |
Tin | --- |
36.5 |
39.5 |
Toluene | --- |
--- |
27 |
Uranium, total | 4.8 |
1000 |
1000 |
Vanadium | 50.2 |
41 |
12.5 |
Xylenes | --- |
--- |
7.9 |
Zinc | 101 |
106 |
115 |