Characterization of winter airborne particles at Emperor Qin's Terra-cotta Museum, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5319-5327

  Hu, Tafeng ^a,b,c   Lee, Shuncheng ^c   Cao, Junji ^a,b   Chow, Judith C ^b,d   Watson, John G ^b,d   Ho, Kinfai ^c   Ho, Wingkei ^c   Rong, Bo ^e   An, Zhisheng ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Emperor Qin's Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Indoor air; Museum; SEM EDX; Total suspended particles; Visitor number

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BASELINE DATA; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; NATURAL VENTILATION; PARTICLE MASS; SEM-EDX; SOIL DUST; SOOT AGGREGATES; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; VENTILATION STRATEGY; VISITOR NUMBER; VISITOR NUMBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; EXHIBITION BUILDINGS; EXHIBITIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VENTILATION;

AGGLOMERATION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; MORPHOLOGY; MUSEUM; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VENTILATION; WINTER; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WINTER; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHINA; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSEUMS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 68149137728     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.06.044     Document Type: Article

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