Characteristics and Sources of Elements of a PM 10 Measurements from a Typical Industrial City in Eastern Hubei Province
In order to investigate the characteristics and sources of elements in atmospheric aerosols (PM ) measurements, samples were collected between April 2012 and February 2013 in Huangshi, a typical industrial city in the east of Hubei province, China. These samples were analyzed for seventeen elements...
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Published in | Huanjing kexue Vol. 38; no. 11; p. 4463 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | Chinese |
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China
08.11.2017
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Summary: | In order to investigate the characteristics and sources of elements in atmospheric aerosols (PM
) measurements, samples were collected between April 2012 and February 2013 in Huangshi, a typical industrial city in the east of Hubei province, China. These samples were analyzed for seventeen elements using wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. In addition, the pollution characteristics of fourteen elements were analyzed by an enrichment factor (EF) method, and the sources of these elements were studied by a principal component analysis (PCA) and positive matrix factorization (PMF) method. The result from the EF indicated that the concentration of the seventeen elements in the PM
measurements varied from 0.01-9.83 μg·m
. The elemental concentration of S was the highest and Ni and V was the lowest during the monitoring period in Huangshi. Daily levels of Pb and Cd exceeded the annual reference values set by the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (GB3095-2012) by 36.4% and 89.1%, respectively. |
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ISSN: | 0250-3301 |