| Characteristic |
Soil |
Wood Shavings |
Urea |
Used cooking oil |
| Density (Kg/L) |
1.4 |
0.2 |
|
~ 0.93 |
| Moisture content (%) |
20 |
8.0 |
|
0.0 |
| Total solids (mg/g DM) |
|
|
|
|
| Volatile solids* |
264 |
997.4 |
|
999.45 |
| Ash |
736 |
3.0 |
|
0.55 |
| Nitrogen (mg/g DM) |
|
|
|
|
| Total kjeldahl nitrogen |
2.0 |
1.0 |
466.6 |
0.22 |
| Ammonium nitrogen |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
0.00 |
| Carbon (mg/g DM) |
|
|
|
|
| Total |
100.0 |
490.0 |
200.0 |
820 |
| Organic |
55.0 |
390.0 |
200.0 |
820 |
| Elemental composition (mg/g DM) |
|
|
|
|
| B |
|
|
0.2 |
|
| Ca |
0.1 |
0.8 |
|
0.06 |
| Cu |
|
|
0.7 |
|
| Na |
0.2 |
0.0 |
|
0.30 |
| Fe |
0.9 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.14 |
| Mg |
0.7 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.01 |
| Zn |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.00 |
| K |
0.2 |
0.6 |
|
0.01 |
| Cl |
0.1 |
0.0 |
|
0.74 |
| P |
0.9 |
0.0 |
|
0.01 |
| S |
2.9 |
0.9 |
|
2.32 |
| Ohers** |
724.8 |
0.6 |
|
0.16 |
| C:N |
50:1 |
499:1 |
1:2.3 |
3727:1 |
*Volatile solids are the organic matter, largely carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen
and sulphur
**Others include other elements that were not identified, mostly silica in the case
of soil
|
