Lanthanum and lanthanides in atmospheric fine particles and their apportionment to refinery and petrochemical operations in Houston, TX

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 508-520

  Kulkarni, Pranav ^a   Chellam, Shankararaman ^a,b   Fraser, Matthew P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Factor analysis; ICP MS; Industrial emissions; PM2.5; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CATALYSTS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LANTHANUM; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; ICP-MS; PM 2.5;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

LANTHANIDE; LANTHANUM; ZEOLITE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CATALYST; COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BED; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

HOUSTON; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144525658     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.09.063     Document Type: Article

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