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sludge

 [sluj]
a suspension of solid or semisolid particles in a fluid.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

sludge

(slŭdj),
A muddy sediment.
See also: sludged blood.
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However, even in the case of the Lismore soil where the cumulative Cd leaching increased nearly 4-fold, the differences between control and sludged lysimeters were not statistically significant (Table 3).
Leaching of macronutrients and metals from undisturbed soils treated with metal-spiked sewage sludge. 2. Leaching of metals
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5, there was considerable variation between replicate lysimeters, and the mean amounts of N[O.sub.3-] leached from the sludged lysimeters were not always significantly higher than those from the controls (Table 4).
Leaching of macronutrients and metals from undisturbed soils treated with metal-spiked sewage sludge. 1. Leaching of macronutrients

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