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. 2021 May 6;23(6):812–830. doi: 10.1039/d1em00007a

Distribution (%) of enrichment factor values (based on eqn (1)) for 1528 soil samples across five-category enrichment factor indexa.

Pb As Mn Cr Ni Cu Cd Zn
No or minimal enrichment 50.2 71.2 99.8 99.1 99.8 92.2 99.7 34.6
Moderate enrichment 38.2 25.7 0.1 0.9 0.2 6.8 0.3 56.5
Significant enrichment 10.2 3.0 0.1 0.9 8.8
Very high enrichment 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Extremely high enrichment 0.3
a

Fe was used as reference element.