In this study, the aqua-regia digestion method was used to analyze the total concentration of heavy metals in the soil samples. All the samples were analyzed in triplicate, and 0.5 g of the soil sample was mixed with concentrated nitric acid and concentrated hydrochloric acid, and then subjected to microwave digestion and extraction. The heavy metal concentrations of the extracted solution were quantified and analyzed using the Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometer (ICP-OES, Agilent 5110 series, Agilent Technologies Taiwan Ltd., Taipei City, Taiwan).
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