Table 6: Coefficients of the best-fit polynomials for the observed relations between the emission-line flux ratios and the oxygen abundance, where $\log~R = b_0 + b_1 y + b_2 y^2 + b_3 y^3$ [ $y \equiv 12+\log($O/H)].
Flux ratio (log R) b0 b1 b2 b3
log R23 +1.2299E+0 -4.1926E+0 +1.0246E+0 -6.3169E-2
log [F([N II] $\lambda6584$)/F(H$\alpha $)] +9.6641E+1 -3.9941E+1 +5.2227E+0 -2.2040E-1
log [F([O III]$\lambda $5007)/F([N II]$\lambda $6584)] -2.3218E+2 +8.4423E+1 -9.9330E+0 +3.7941E-1
log [F([N II]$\lambda $6584)/F([O II]$\lambda $3727)] -1.2894E+2 +4.8818E+1 -6.2759E+0 +2.7101E-1
log [F([N II]$\lambda $6584)/F([S II]$\lambda $6720)] -8.0632E+1 +3.1323E+1 -4.1010E+0 +1.7963E-1
log [F([O III]$\lambda $5007)/F([O II]$\lambda $3727)] -1.4089E+0 +1.3745E+0 -1.4359E-1 --


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