A morphometric and compositional approach to the study of ambient aerosol in a medium industrial town of Italy

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 283-296

  Pratesi, Giovanni ^a,b   Zoppi, Matteo ^c   Vaiani, Thomas ^c   Calastrini, Francesca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CESPRO   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Prato Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Morphometry; PIXE; PM10 2.5; PM2.5; SEM

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MORPHOMETRY; ROUNDNESS COEFFICIENT;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; METAL; OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FACTOR ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ITALY; MORPHOMETRICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PRATO [PRATO (PRV)]; PRATO [TUSCANY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 33846798375     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9231-x     Document Type: Article

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