Iron, manganese and copper emitted by cargo and passenger trains in Zürich (Switzerland): Size-segregated mass concentrations in ambient air

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 878-889

  Bukowiecki, Nicolas ^a,b   Gehrig, Robert ^b   Hill, Matthias ^b   Lienemann, Peter ^b   Zwicky, Christoph N ^b   Buchmann, Brigitte ^b   Weingartner, Ernest ^a   Baltensperger, Urs ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Aerosol; Emissions; Iron; Railway; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; IRON; LOCOMOTIVES; MANGANESE;

PARTICLE ABRASION; PASSENGER TRAINS; TRACE METALS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE;

ABRASION; AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CALCULATION; GRAVIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; ROTATING DRUM IMPACTOR; SWITZERLAND; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; TRAFFIC; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 33845629439     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.07.045     Document Type: Article

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