Chemical compositions of subway particles in Seoul, Korea determined by a quantitative single particle analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9051-9057

  Kang, Sunni ^a   Hwang, Heejin ^a   Park, Yoomyung ^a   Kim, Hyekyoung ^a   Ro, Chul Un ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELECTRON PROBES; EMISSION SOURCES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCES; SECONDARY NITRATES; SEOUL , KOREA; SINGLE PARTICLES; SUBWAY SYSTEMS; SULFATE PARTICLES; TRAIN TRAFFICS; URBAN ATMOSPHERES;

RAILROADS; SOILS; SPACE PROBES; SUBWAY STATIONS; UNDERPASSES;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INDOOR AIR; IRON; NITRATE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFATE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; IRON; KOREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAILROADS;

EID: 58149161882     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802267b     Document Type: Article

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