| Elements | Rotated Component Matrix | ||
| Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | |
| Y | 0.946 | −0.138 | −0.228 |
| Cd | 0.936 | −0.114 | −0.284 |
| Sr | 0.904 | −0.117 | −0.316 |
| Sb | 0.88 | −0.15 | 0.025 |
| Co | 0.866 | −0.152 | −0.305 |
| Hg | 0.823 | −0.079 | 0.101 |
| Cu | 0.769 | 0.515 | 0.025 |
| Sn | −0.904 | −0.218 | 0.217 |
| Pb | −0.738 | 0.149 | 0.564 |
| Cr | −0.034 | 0.936 | 0.121 |
| Ni | 0.351 | 0.841 | −0.137 |
| Sc | −0.502 | 0.789 | 0.205 |
| V | −0.426 | 0.749 | 0.304 |
| Bi | 0.018 | −0.819 | −0.179 |
| As | −0.354 | 0.305 | 0.835 |
| Ag | −0.487 | 0.112 | 0.806 |
| W | 0.396 | −0.067 | 0.763 |
| Ba | −0.67 | 0.083 | 0.699 |
| Zn | 0.151 | −0.405 | −0.567 |
| Proportion of total variance % | 43.645 | 21.849 | 19.153 |