Measurements and characterization by transmission electron microscopy of ultrafine particles in the urban air of Rome

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 9 B, 2010, Pages 2026-2032

  Fanizza, Carla ^a   Casciardi, Stefano ^a   Avino, Pasquale ^a   Manigrasso, Maurizio ^a  

^a ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous aerosol; Eftem analysis; UFPs

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NUCLEATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXICITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 78649864516     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Oberdoster G. (2001). Pulmonary effects of inhaled ultrafine particles. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 74, 1-8.
2. Schulz H., Harder V., Ibald-Mulli A., Khandoga A., Koenig W., Kromback F., Radykewicz R., Stampfl A., Thorand B., Peters A. (2005). Cardiovascular effects of fine and ultrafine particles J Aerosol Med (2005) 18: 1-22.
3. Brown JS, Zeman KL and Bennett WD. (2002). Ultrafine particle deposition and clearance in the healthy and obstructed lung. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 166,1240-1247.
4. David C. Chalupa, Paul E. Morrow, Günter Oberdörster, Mark J. Utell, Mark W. Frampton (2004). Ultrafine Particle Deposition in Subjects with Asthma Environmental Health Perspectives 112, 879-882.
5. Prahalad AK, Soukup JM, Inmon J, Willis R, Ghio AJ, Becker S and Gallagher JE. (1999). Ambient air particles: effects on cellular oxidant radical generation in relation to particulate elemental chemistry. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 158,81-91. (Pubitemid 29343431)
6. Puxbaum, H. and Wopenka, B. (1984). Chemical composition of nucleation and accumulation mode particles collected in Vienna, Austria. Atmospheric Environment 18, 573-580.
7. Berner, A., Sidla, S., Galambos, Z., Kruisz, C., Hitzenberger, R., Ten Brink, H.M. and Kos, G.P.A. (1996). Modalcharacter of atmospheric black carbon size distributions. Journal of Geophysical Research 101,19559-19565.
8. Hughes, L.S., Cass, G.R., Gone, J., Ames, M. and Olmez, I. (1998). Physical and Chemical Characterization of Atmospheric Ultrafine Particles in the Los Angeles Area. Enivron. Sci. Technol. 32: 1153-1161
9. Cachier, H., Bremond, M.-P. and Buat-Ménard, P. (1989). Determination of atmospheric soot carbon with a simple thermal method. Tellus 41B, 379-390. (Pubitemid 19160565)
10. Avino P. and Manigrasso M. (2006).Vertical distribution of carbonaceous material in urban atmosphere. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 15, 866-877. (Pubitemid 44453082)
11. Avino P., Broceo D., Lepore L. and Ventrone I. (2000). Distribution of elemental carbon (EC) and organic carbon (OC) in the atmospheric aerosol particles of Rome. J. Aerosol Sci. 31, S364-S365.
12. Mohler O., Naumann K.H, Saathoff F. and Schurath U. (1997). The influence of soot surface reaction on the ozone and NOx chemistry. J. Aerosol Sci. 28, S309-S310. (Pubitemid 127363224)
13. Avino P., De Lisio V., Grassi M., Lucchetta M.C., Messina B., Monaco G., Petraccia L., Quartieri G., Rosentzwig R., Russo M.V., Spada S. and Valenzi V.I. (2004). Influence of air pollution on Chronic Obstructive Respiratory Diseases: comparison between city (Rome) and hillcountry environments and climates. Ann. Chim. (Rome) 94, 629-636.
14. Hussein T., Puustinen A., Aalto P.P., Makela J.M., Hameri K. and Kulmala M. (2003). Urban Aerosol Number Size Distributions. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss 3,5139-5184.
15. Manigrasso M., Avino P. and Fanizza C. (2009). Ultrafine particles in the urban air of Rome. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 18 (7b), 1341-1347.
16. Turpin, B.J. and Huntzicker, J.J. (1995). Identification of secondary organic aerosol episodes and quantitation of primary and secondary organic aerosol concentration during SCAQS. Atmospheric Environment 29,3527-3544.
17. Castro, L.M., Pio, CA., Harrison, R.M. and Smith D.J.T. (1999). Carbonaceous aerosol in urban and rural European atmospheres: estimation of secondary organic carbon concentrations. Atmospheric Environment 33,2771-2781.
18. Wiedensohler A. (1988). An approximation of the bipolar charge distribution for particles in the submicron range. Journal of Aerosol Science 19,387-389.
19. Febo, A. (scientific coordinator), (1999). Formation and occurrence of nitrous acid in the atmosphere (FORMONA), final EU project report (ENV4-CT95-0055).
20. Wiesen, P. (scientific coordinator), (2002). Nitrous Acid and its Influence on the Oxidation Capacity of the Atmosphere (NITROCAT), final EU project report (EVK2-CT-1999-00025).
21. Park K., Park J Y, Kwak J, Cho G.N. and Kim J.(2008). Seasonal and diurnal variations of ultrafine particle concentration in urban Gwangju, Korea: Observation of ultrafine particle events Atmospheric Environment 42, (4) 788-799.
22. Bang J.J., Murr L.E. and Esquivei E.V. (2004). Collection and characterization of airborne nanoparticulates Materials Characterization 52,1-14.
23. Schauer, J.J., Rogge, W.F., Hildemann, L.M., Mazuek, M.A., Cass, G.R. and Simoneit, B.R.T., (1996). Source apportionment of airborne particulate matter using organic compounds as traces. Atmospheric Environment 30, 3837-3855.
24. Murr L.E. and Bang J.J. (2003). Electron microscope comparisons of fine and ultra-fine carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous, airborne particulates Atmospheric Environment 37, 4795-4806.
25. Chung, A., Hemer, J.D. and Kleeman, M.J. (2001). Detection of Alkaline Ultrafine Atmospheric Particles at Bakersfield, California. Environ. Sci. Technol. 35,2184-2190.
26. Kim, S., Shen, S., Sioutas, C., Zhu, Y. and Hinds, W.C (2002). Size Distribution and Diurnal and Seasonal Trends of Ultrafine Particles in Source and Receptor Sites of the Los Angeles Basin. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 52, 297-307.
27. Cass, G.R., Hughes, L.A., Bhave, P., Kleeman, M.J., Allen, J.O. and Salmon, L.G. (2000). The chemical composition of atmospheric ultrafine particles. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. A. 358,2581-2592.
28. Pakkanen, T.A., Kerminen, V.M., Korhonen, C.H., Hillamo, R.E., Aarnio, P., Koskentalo, T. and Maenhaut, W. (2001). Urban and rural ultrafine (PM0.1) particles in the Helsinki Area. Atmos. Enviroa 35,4593-4607. (Pubitemid 32706364)
29. Chen, Y., Shah, N., Huggins, F. E. and Huffman G. P. (2005). Characterization of ambient airborne particles by energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy. Aerosol Science and Technology 39, 509-519.