Measurement and source identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the aerosol in Xi'an, China, by using automated column chromatography and applying positive matrix factorization (PMF)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1909-1914

  Okuda, Tomoaki ^a   Okamoto, Kazuki ^a   Tanaka, Shigeru ^a   Shen, Zhenxing ^b   Han, Yuemei ^b   Huo, Zongquan ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Automated sample clean up system; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Residential heating; Seasonal variation; Source identification; Vehicle exhaust

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SAMPLE CLEAN-UP SYSTEM; RESIDENTIAL HEATING; SAMPLE CLEAN-UP; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; AUTOMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COAL COMBUSTION; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FACTORIZATION; HEATING; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLEANUP; EXHAUST EMISSION; EXTRACTION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; FLUORESCENCE; HEATING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMATION; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CITIES; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; HEATING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEASONS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 77349097536     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.040     Document Type: Article

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