Abstract. We present a comparison of electron density estimates for planetary nebulae based on different emissionline ratios. We have considered the density indicators. The observational data were extracted from the literature. We have found systematic deviations from the density homogeneous models, in the sense that:We argue that the lower [O ii] density estimates are likely due to errors in the atomic parameters used.
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