Elemental composition and sources of air pollution in the city of Chandigarh, India, using EDXRF and PIXE techniques

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

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 126-138

  Bandhu, H K ^a   Puri, Sanjiv ^b   Garg, M L ^a   Singh, B ^c   Shahi, J S ^a   Mehta, D ^d   Swietlicki, E ^e   Dhawan, D K ^a   Mangal, P C ^a   Singh, Nirmal ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SANT LONGOWAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; SULFUR; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY FLUORESCENCE (EDXRF) SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE INDUCED X RAY EMISSION (PIXE) SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 13744265230     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(99)00574-1     Document Type: Article

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