Characterization of PM2.5 in the ambient air of Shanghai city by analyzing individual particles

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 916-925

  Yue, Weisheng ^a   Li, Xiaolin ^a   Liu, Jiangfeng ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Yu, Xiaohan ^a   Deng, Biao ^a   Wan, Tianmin ^a   Zhang, Guilin ^a   Huang, Yuying ^b   He, Wei ^b   Hua, Wei ^b   Shao, Longyi ^c   Li, Weijun ^c   Yang, Shushen ^c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fingerprint; Individual particle; PM2.5; SEM EDX; Source identification; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; COAL COMBUSTION; FLY ASH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

FINGERPRINT; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE; PM2.5; SEM-EDX; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

COAL;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FLY ASH; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOOT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; COMBUSTION; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; FLY ASH; INDUSTRIAL AREA; METAL INDUSTRY; METALLURGY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOOT; SUBURBAN AREA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CHINA; CITIES; COAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALLURGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANTS; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

EID: 33746607324     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.03.043     Document Type: Article

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