PIXE measurements of particulate concentrations in atmosphere near a steel smelter in Genova (Italy)

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 139, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 258-263

  Prati, P ^a   Lucarelli, F ^b   Mando P A ^b   Tonus, S ^a   Zucchiatti, A ^a   Calastrini, F ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerators; Aerosol; PIXE

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SMELTING; STEEL METALLURGY;

PARTICLE INDUCED X RAY EMISSION (PIXE);

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0032040973     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(97)00973-7     Document Type: Article

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