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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2012 Jul;62(7):773–782. doi: 10.1080/10962247.2012.676593

Table 3.

Standardized rotated factor loading and communalities from PCA in PM2.5

Component1 Component2 Component3 Component4 Component5

Metal Loadings Metal Loadings Metal Loadings Metal Loadings Metal Loadings

K 0.955 Cd 0.942 Sb 0.869 Na 0.782 V 0.761
Fe 0.952 Pb 0.825 Co 0.852 Se -0.638 Mg 0.644
Cr 0.923 Zn 0.804 Ni 0.738 As -0.562 Al 0.364
Ca 0.880 Sn 0.695 Mo 0.591 Mg 0.427 Ca 0.335
Al 0.862 Mo 0.980 Cu 0.488 Pb -0.172 Ti -0.217
Mn 0.808 As 0.578 Zn 0.450 K 0.168 Pb -0.190
Ti 0.750 Mn 0.519 V 0.366 Cr -0.155 Se -0.183
Cu 0.730 Sb 0.374 As -0.305 Al 0.137 Mo 0.169
Ni 0.627 Cu 0.370 Ca 0.233 Mo -0.136 Cu 0.144
Co 0.446 Cr 0.268 Mg -0.186 Co 0.134 K 0.138
Mg 0.333 Se 0.266 Sn 0.185 Fe 0.123 Ni 0.129
Sn 0.282 Ti -0.229 Fe 0.177 Ca 0.097 As 0.091
V 0.183 Fe 0.163 Mn 0.160 Cd -0.093 Co 0.089
Na 0.163 V -0.136 Se -0.159 V -0.081 Fe 0.076
Mo 0.161 Ni -0.104 Ti 0.148 Cu 0.065 Cr 0.051
Zn 0.102 Mg -0.043 Na -0.143 Sb -0.042 Sb 0.041
As -0.096 Ca 0.036 K 0.096 Ni 0.038 Na -0.036
Sb 0.056 Co -0.029 Al 0.082 Ti 0.031 Cd -0.031
Se 0.053 K 0.023 Cr 0.062 Zn -0.020 Sn -0.024
Cd 0.021 Na 0.006 Pb -0.058 Sn -0.017 Zn -0.014
Pb -0.010 Al -0.005 Cd -0.034 Mn -0.015 Mn 0.008

Eigena 8.51 Eigen 4.25 Eigen 2.10 Eigen 1.20 Eigen 1.00
Varb (%) 42.5 Var (%) 21.3 Var (%) 10.5 Var (%) 5.9 Var (%) 5.0
a

Eigen: eigenvalue

b

Var: variance explained