\begin{table}%t2
\caption{\label{tbl-2}Calculated column densities for atoms and ions identified in metal-rich absorbers (for references, see Table~\ref{tbl-1}).}
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 {\small \begin{tabular}{lcccccc}
\hline \hline 
Redshift, & H~{\sc i} & \hspace{-0.1cm}C~{\sc ii} 
& N~{\sc ii} & \hspace{-0.2cm}O~{\sc i} & Mg~{\sc ii} & \hspace{-0.1cm}Si~{\sc ii} \\[-2pt]
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\zabs} &  & C~{\sc iii} & \hspace{0.1cm}N~{\sc iii} 
& O~{\sc vi} & Fe~{\sc ii} & Si~{\sc iii} \\[-2pt]
&  & C~{\sc iv} & N~{\sc v} & & Al~{\sc iii} & Si~{\sc iv} \\
\hline 
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\multicolumn{7}{c}{\it \object{HE1347--2457} (\zem = 2.578)}\\
2.5745$^\ast$ &($9.5 \pm 0.3$)E14 &($1.6 \pm 0.2$)E13 & 
-- & -- & ($1.3 \pm 0.2$)E12 & ($1.4 \pm 0.2$)E12 \\[-2pt]
& &($1.9 \pm 0.3$)E14 &($1.8 \pm 0.2$)E13 & -- & -- & ($4.7 \pm 0.4$)E12  \\[-2pt]
& &($3.2 \pm 0.1$)E13 &$<$5.0E11 & &($3.6 \pm 0.5$)E11  & ($3.7 \pm 0.3$)E13 \\
1.7529$\ast$ &(1.0--1.5)E16 &($1.5 \pm 0.1$)E14 & -- & -- & ($6.8 \pm 0.2$)E12 &($9.2 \pm 1.0$)E12 \\[-2pt]
&  & -- & -- & -- & $<$3.5E11 &($5.5 \pm 0.5$)E13 \\[-2pt]
&  &($3.2\pm 0.5$)E14 & $<$1.0E13 & & ($1.7 \pm 0.2$)E12 & ($4.5 \pm 0.5$)E13\\
1.5080$^\ast$ & (1.0--1.5)E16 & -- & -- & -- & ($1.1 \pm 0.1$)E13 & ($1.5 \pm 0.1$)E13 \\[-2pt]
& & -- & -- & -- & ($2.1 \pm 0.2$)E12 & -- \\[-2pt]
& &($1.7 \pm 0.2$)E14 & $<$7.0E12 & & ($2.2 \pm 0.2$)E12 & ($5.4 \pm 0.5$)E13\\
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\multicolumn{7}{c}{\it \object{HE0151--4326} (\zem = 2.775)}\\
{ 2.4158}$^\diamond$ &   \\[-2pt]
\multicolumn{1}{c}{ $A$}
&($2.2 \pm 0.1$)E13 &$<$5.0E11& --& --& --& -- \\[-2pt]
& &($1.5 \pm 0.2$)E13& $<$1.1E13& -- & --& $<$8.5E10  \\[-2pt]
& &($1.2 \pm 0.1$)E13 & $<$1.5E12 & & -- & $<$2.5E11\\
\multicolumn{1}{c}{ $B$}
&($7.5 \pm 0.5$)E15 & $<$1.0E12 & $<$4.0E12 & --&  -- & -- \\[-2pt]
& &($6.5 \pm 1.0$)E12 & $\leq$7.0E12 & -- & --& $<$2.8E11  \\[-2pt]
& & $<$1.0E12 &  -- & & -- & $<$2.5E11  \\
\multicolumn{1}{c}{ $C$}
&($1.0 \pm 0.2$)E13& --& -- & --& --& -- \\[-2pt]
& &($6.5 \pm 0.5$)E12 & $^\ddagger$(5 -- 6)E12 & $<$4.5E12& -- & --\\[-2pt]
& &($7.0\pm 0.5$)E12 & -- & & -- & $<$2.5E11  \\
1.7315 & (0.9 -- 1.2)E16 &($1.0 \pm 0.1$)E14 &
 --& --&($9.0 \pm 1.0$)E12 & ($1.0 \pm 0.1$)E13 \\[-2pt]
& & --& -- & -- & ($3.4 \pm 0.3$)E11 &($3.6 \pm 0.5$)E13\\[-2pt]
& &($3.2 \pm 0.5$)E14 &$<$1.5E13 & & ($1.3 \pm 0.2$)E12 & ($3.8 \pm 0.5$)E13\\
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\multicolumn{7}{c}{\it \object{HE0001--2340} (\zem = 2.26)}\\
1.6514&(3.5--4.5)E15&$^\ddagger$3.7E13&
 --& $<$1.0E12 &($4.1 \pm 0.4$)E12 & ($1.8 \pm 0.2$)E12 \\[-2pt]
& & -- & -- & -- & ($2.0 \pm 0.2$)E11 &{ ($2.5 \pm 0.4$)E12}\\[-2pt]
& &($4.7 \pm 0.2$)E13 & -- & & $<$1.3E11 & ($2.2 \pm 0.2$)E12 \\
1.5770 & (0.9--1.0)E14 &($7.6 \pm 0.7$)E12 &
--& -- & $<$3.0E11 &  --\\[-2pt] 
& & --& -- & -- & --& (5.4$\pm$1.2)E11 \\[-2pt]
&&($5.2 \pm 0.5$)E13&$^\ddagger${(0.8--1.1)E13}&&$<$1.3E11&($1.0 \pm 0.2$)E12\\
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\multicolumn{7}{c}{\it \object{HE0141--3932} (\zem = 1.80)}\\
1.7817 &(2.5--3.0)E15&($1.64 \pm 0.08$)E13&
 --& -- &($1.2 \pm 0.2$)E12 & ($2.8 \pm 0.3$)E12  \\[-2pt]
& & -- & -- & -- & ($1.4 \pm 0.4$)E11 & --\\[-2pt]
& &($2.2 \pm 0.2$)E13 & $<$1.4E12 & & ($3.6 \pm 1.0$)E11 & ($4.5 \pm 0.4$)E12\\
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\multicolumn{7}{c}{\it \object{HE2347--4342} (\zem = 2.88)}\\
2.8980$^\ast$ &(1.1--2.3)E13 & $<$3.0E11& -- & -- &  -- & --\\[-2pt]
& &(5--9)E12 & -- &($2.8 \pm 0.2$)E14 & -- & -- \\[-2pt]
& &($1.2 \pm 0.1$)E14 & ($2.6 \pm 0.2$)E13 & & -- & --\\
1.7963 &(0.9--1.2)E16 &$^\dagger$5.9E13 &
-- & ($1.0 \pm 0.2$)E13  &(0.9--1.6)E13 & ($1.4 \pm 0.1$)E13 \\[-2pt] 
& & -- & -- & -- & ($9.4 \pm 0.5$)E11 &($4.9 \pm 1.0$)E12\\[-2pt]
& &($1.2 \pm 0.1$)E13 & -- & & ($7.4 \pm 0.7$)E11 &($2.9 \pm 0.3$)E12 \\
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\multicolumn{7}{c}{\it \object{Q0329--385} (\zem = 2.435)}\\
2.3520 &(0.7--1.3)E13 &$<$5.0E11& -- & -- & -- & --  \\[-2pt]
& &$^\dagger$3.6E12 & $^\dagger$2.9E12&(1.2$\pm$0.1)E14 &--  & -- \\[-2pt]
& &($3.2 \pm 0.1$)E13 &($4.0 \pm 0.2$)E13 & & --  & --  \\
\hline
\end{tabular}}
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$^\ast$ Incomplete covering of the background light source; $^\diamond$$A$: $-40<v<30$~km~s$^{-1}$, $B$: $130 < v < 330$ km~s$^{-1}$, $C$: $300 < v < 370$~km~s$^{-1}$, see Fig.~\ref{fg_8}; $^\ddagger$~deconvolved from Ly$-\alpha$ forest absorption; $^\dagger$~calculated with the recovered
velocity and density distributions. 
\end{table}