“…According to Usowicz (1993), this knowledge can also help in controlling the thermal-moisture regime of soils. Soil properties often correlated with metal adsorption include soil pH (Christensen, 1984;Harter, 1983), soil CEC (cation exchange capacity) (Harter, 1979;Soldatini et al, 1976), soil organic matter (Gerriste and van Driel, 1984;Zimdahl and Skogerboe, 1977), and clay content (Korte et al, 1976). The functional relationship between thermal conductivity and the heavy metal contents has however received very little attention.…”