Table 3.
Contents of Metals and Heavy Metals Contained in Wood Sawdust, Coffee Waste and Agricultural Residues (Unit: mg/kg)

Yellow poplar Larch Coffee waste Barley straw Wheat straw 1st-grade pellet1
Ca 621 471 297 6,434 10,307 -
K 216 115 38 12,646 12,536 -
Na 52 66 121 296 60 -
Mg 109 84 36 764 760 -
As < 0.1 0.2 ND ND ND ≦ 1.0
Pb ND ND ND ND ND ≦ 10
Ni 2 < 1 2 < 1 < 1 ≦ 10
Hg ND ND ND ND ND ≦ 0.05
Cd ND ND < 0.1 ND < 0.1 ≦ 0.5
Cr ND < 1 < 1 1 4 ≦ 10
Zn 11 2 12 2 9 ≦ 100
Cu 3 2 8 7 5 ≦ 10
Minimum requirements of wood pellet standard designated by National Institute of Forest Science.