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Table 3 Contamination factor, degree of contamination, and pollution load index pollution of the heavy metals of the study samples

From: Assessment of heavy metal pollution in soil and bottom sediment of Upper Egypt: comparison study

Sample No

Location

type

Fe

As

Pb

Cr

Cd

Co

Zn

Cu

Ni

DC

PLI

1

Luxor

Nile Sediments

0.64

0.04

3.65

6.30

2.86

0.70

3.63

0.30

0.50

18.62

0.95

2

0.84

0.04

3.71

6.53

2.86

0.95

4.24

0.34

0.55

20.07

1.08

3

0.67

0.06

4.14

6.82

2.29

1.16

4.10

0.32

0.52

20.08

1.09

4

Aswan

2.51

0.02

3.91

0.51

4.57

1.95

2.04

0.40

0.58

16.49

0.91

5

2.28

0.01

5.54

0.43

6.29

1.58

2.28

1.01

0.54

19.94

0.91

6

2.60

0.01

1.62

0.83

8.00

1.97

2.98

0.49

0.71

19.22

0.92

   

1.59

0.03

3.76

3.57

4.48

1.39

3.21

0.48

0.56

19.07

0.98

7

Habo City

Agricultural Soil

2.32

1.10

1.04

4.87

4.00

3.39

3.82

0.96

3.02

24.52

2.32

8

2.09

1.17

1.23

5.20

4.57

3.80

3.96

1.15

3.28

26.44

2.52

9

2.47

1.29

1.43

4.71

5.14

4.05

4.10

1.06

3.44

27.69

2.66

10

Edfo

2.44

1.08

0.87

3.94

2.86

4.41

3.20

0.81

2.58

22.19

2.09

11

High Dam

1.16

0.00

0.83

4.26

1.71

3.62

10.54

0.75

0.54

23.43

0.85

12

0.98

0.00

0.93

4.55

2.29

3.86

11.02

0.82

0.74

25.20

1.00

13

Fiyla

1.22

0.27

1.38

4.87

2.29

4.46

11.59

0.57

0.85

27.49

1.71

Average

  

1.81

0.70

1.10

4.63

3.27

3.94

6.89

0.87

2.06

25.28

1.88