Seasonal variability of platinum, palladium and rhodium (PGE) levels in road dusts and roadside soils, Perth, Western Australia

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 160, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 77-93

  Whiteley, Jason D ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ICP MS; Platinum group elements (PGE); Road dusts; Roadside soils; Seasonal variability; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; COMPOSITION; MICROWAVES; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PLATINUM; ROADS AND STREETS; SAMPLING; SOILS;

MICROWAVE DIGESTION; MOBILIZATION; PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS (PEG); TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

DUST;

CATION; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RAIN; RHODIUM;

PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; POLLUTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR; CATALYSIS; CATION EXCHANGE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DUST; GEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 15844423885     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-3861-2     Document Type: Article

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