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. 2022 Jun 2;12:9211. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-13140-1

Table 2.

Loadings of heavy metals and soil physicochemical properties on principal components for 81 soil samples.

Principal components Principal components
1 2 1 2 3 4
Cu 0.778 0.238 Cu 0.754 0.130 − 0.226 − 0.102
Zn 0.968 − 0.029 Zn 0.936 − 0.011 − 0.238 − 0.030
Pb 0.789 − 0.342 Pb 0.731 − 0.169 − 0.271 0.121
Cd 0.820 0.118 Cd 0.751 0.263 − 0.344 0.069
Fe 0.289 0.861 Fe 0.353 0.413 0.301 − 0.623
Mn 0.817 − 0.285 Mn 0.805 − 0.286 − 0.146 0.084
Eigenvalue 3.588 1.012 pH 0.593 0.183 0.364 − 0.325
Variance contributes/% 59.799 16.867 SOM 0.361 0.782 0.274 0.199
Contribution of accumulated variance/% 59.799 76.666 TN − 0.152 0.781 0.122 0.406
TP 0.683 − 0.328 0.482 0.007
AP 0.292 − 0.444 0.707 0.274
AK 0.384 0.013 0.078 0.560
Eigenvalue 4.522 1.928 1.372 1.126
Variance contributes/% 37.683 16.066 11.430 9.380
Contribution of accumulated variance/% 37.683 53.749 65.179 74.558