Research Article
Spatial Extent and Distribution of Ambient Airborne Particulate Matter (PM2.5) in Selected Land Use Sites in Nairobi, Kenya
Table 3
The correlation coefficient r between average concentrations of the elemental composition of PM2.5 in selected land use sites in Nairobi City County.
| | K | Ca | Ti | Mn | Fe | Cu | Zn | As | Ga | Br | Zr | Pb | PM2.5 |
| K | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ca | 0.699 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ti | 0.5935 | 0.9343 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Mn | 0.5861 | 0.8092 | 0.8195 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | Fe | 0.6431 | 0.9481 | 0.9897 | 0.8468 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Cu | 0.3319 | −0.1172 | −0.1784 | −0.3386 | −0.1831 | 1 | | | | | | | | Zn | 0.686 | 0.842 | 0.8678 | 0.6963 | 0.8907 | −0.1798 | 1 | | | | | | | As | 0.4538 | 0.052 | −0.0165 | 0.3042 | −0.01 | −0.1177 | 0.0964 | 1 | | | | | | Ga | 0.7395 | 0.617 | 0.7064 | 0.6573 | 0.6698 | 0.123 | 0.6114 | 0.5384 | 1 | | | | | Br | 0.7406 | 0.738 | 0.54 | 0.6403 | 0.5527 | 0.0695 | 0.5699 | 0.5073 | 0.5876 | 1 | | | | Zr | 0.5212 | 0.7385 | 0.5783 | 0.6522 | 0.5615 | −0.256 | 0.4902 | 0.5051 | 0.5555 | 0.8911 | 1 | | | Pb | 0.6436 | 0.6457 | 0.4841 | 0.2798 | 0.45 | 0.4552 | 0.4347 | 0.1783 | 0.5416 | 0.8079 | 0.6904 | 1 | | PM2.5 | 0.8349 | 0.8407 | 0.8288 | 0.6827 | 0.8099 | 0.2824 | 0.7236 | 0.2565 | 0.8793 | 0.7522 | 0.6452 | 0.7964 | 1 |
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