Elemental analysis of aerosol samples collected from an industrial and a non-industrial town of punjab (India) using PIXE technique

Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Kumar, Ashok ^a   Sidhu, Pardeep ^a   Nautiyal, Jyoti ^a   Rautray, T R ^b   Sudarshan, M ^c   Kumar, R ^d   Singh, N ^a   Garg, M L ^a   Dhawan, D K ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (India)

^c UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^d POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; And industrial town; Elemental concentration; India; PIXE technique

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BROMINE; CHLORINE; METAL; SULFUR;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; INDUSTRY; SPECTROMETRY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARSENIC; BROMINE; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; INDUSTRY; METALS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SULFUR;

EID: 34547338155     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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