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. 2024 Jan 4;31(5):8118–8133. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-31625-y

Table 3.

Enrichment factor (EF)

Sites Mn Ni Cu Ag Cd Pb
1 2.135741 32.07365 1.876704 202.3719 3.309347 13.70053
2 6.168496 10.6623 1.132923 332.8644 4.384323 21.9533
3 5.599511 11.61817 1.313152 315.7388 5.538092 14.92988
4 7.978447 13.38829 1.347036 242.8945 3.66392 17.40953
5 3.02265 9.114002 0.880851 240.2413 2.510151 10.13842
6 4.128977 6.309921 2.084696 468.9046 5.082212 12.79586
7 13.13674 10.50211 1.040844 656.563 4.05789 31.76585
8 5.07381 6.08768 2.40754 373.1458 7.84563 14.5049
9 4.178319 5.630534 4.350137 352.1609 14.39116 14.13007
10 13.35189 9.214042 1.356648 636.3016 6.821308 23.63026
11 10.43086 10.33538 1.32996 1470.151 10.93548 23.65592
12 1.702447 4.686694 3.528742 625.2062 6.877589 9.985112
13 3.487389 6.279529 4.100101 1038.875 8.121409 11.59757
14 8.098843 7.904022 2.365297 777.8896 9.500304 14.58477
15 14.56733 11.10995 1.504241 936.6032 7.097087 31.79911
16 9.896478 7.90972 0.960485 748.2213 4.226735 23.29122
17 7.378156 9.211721 1.298691 614.3519 8.17769 20.42728
18 6.393437 10.40735 1.804939 768.0002 5.830755 21.52342
19 12.63148 26.27955 1.860615 661.3871 8.729248 20.34995
20 12.62115 18.39094 1.958446 588.784 11.32382 19.74363
21 7.215589 10.54728 0.743692 267.98 2.482011 15.35487
22 4.483252 19.74401 3.036967 174.8744 2.836584 13.92256

EF < 2

Minimal

2 ≤ EF < 5

Moderate

5 ≤ EF < 20

Significant

20 ≤ EF < 40

Very high

EF ≥ 40

Extremely high

Boldface relate to the highest values