Table 3. Source profiles of PFASs obtained from the PCA-MLR and PMF models.
Compound | PCA factor loadings |
PMF source composition (ng/g dw) |
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Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Source 1 | Source 2 | Source 3 | |
PFBA | −0.015 | 0.719 | 0.0034 | 0.0000 | 0.0509 |
PFPeA | 0.027 | 0.900 | 0.0000 | 0.0034 | 0.0316 |
PFHxA | 0.366 | 0.766 | 0.0000 | 0.0045 | 0.0317 |
PFHpA | 0.730 | 0.461 | 0.0058 | 0.0034 | 0.0122 |
PFOA | 0.823 | 0.202 | 0.0756 | 0.0454 | 0.0471 |
PFNA | 0.698 | 0.247 | 0.0570 | 0.0022 | 0.0093 |
PFDA | 0.862 | 0.154 | 0.0468 | 0.0290 | 0.0038 |
PFUnDA | 0.900 | 0.034 | 0.1124 | 0.0197 | 0.0067 |
PFDoDA | 0.951 | 0.068 | 0.0140 | 0.0116 | 0.0002 |
PFTrDA | 0.903 | 0.100 | 0.0332 | 0.0097 | 0.0021 |
PFTeDA | 0.834 | 0.015 | 0.0033 | 0.0034 | 0.0000 |
PFOS | 0.674 | 0.028 | 0.0224 | 0.1602 | 0.0072 |
Possible source | Food-packaging, textile, electroplating, firefighting and semiconductor industry | Precious metals and coating industry | Food-packaging industry | Textile, electroplating, firefighting and semiconductor industry | Precious metals and coating industry |
Contribution (%) | 77.7 | 22.3 | 43.2 | 33.6 | 23.2 |