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Table 2

Pearson correlation coefficients between polarization, extinction, and element abundances in the dust phase.

Parameters and figure N stars rcorr.                Comment

log P vs. [Fe(rest)/H]d/ [Fe/H] cosmic, Fig. 2 91 –0.638 Polarizing grains are not iron-rich non-silicates
log P/E(B − V) vs. [Fe(rest)/H]d/ [Fe/H] cosmic, Fig. 3 91 –0.104 No correlation
log P/AV vs. [Fe(rest)/H]d/ [Fe/H] cosmic 69  0.137 ′′
log P vs. [Fe/H]d/ [Fe/H] cosmic, Fig. 4 121  0.351 Weak correlation
log P/E(B − V) vs. [Fe/H]d/ [Fe/H] cosmic 121  0.013 No correlation
log P/AV vs. [Fe/H]d/ [Fe/H] cosmic  98 –0.117 ′′
log P vs. [Mg/H]d/ [Mg/H] cosmic, Fig. 5 130  0.296 Weak correlation
log P/E(B − V) vs. [Mg/H]d/ [Mg/H] cosmic 130 –0.050 No correlation
log P/AV vs. [Mg/H]d/ [Mg/H] cosmic 94 –0.174 ′′
log P vs. [Si/H]d/ [Si/H] cosmic, Fig. 6 34 0.736 Polarizing grains are silicates
log P/E(B − V) vs. [Si/H]d/ [Si/H] cosmic 34 0.116 No correlation
log P/AV vs. [Si/H]d/ [Si/H] cosmic 16 0.013 ′′

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