\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}).} %\centerline {\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 \noalign{\medskip} \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\\ \noalign{\smallskip} \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\\ \noalign{\smallskip} \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\\ \noalign{\smallskip} \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\\ \noalign{\smallskip} \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 \\ \noalign{\smallskip} \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}} \medskip $^\ast$ Incomplete covering of the background light source; $^\diamond$$A$: $-40