Carbon air pollution reflected in deposits on chosen building materials of Prague Castle

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4606-4611

  Sỳkorová, Ivana ^a   Havelcová, Martina ^a   Zeman, Antonín ^b   Trejtnarová, Hana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carbonaceous matter; Historical building materials; Py GC MS

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; AUTHIGENIC; BENZONITRILES; CARBONACEOUS MATTER; CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; FINE GRAINS; HISTORICAL BUILDINGS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MICROSCOPIC METHODS; ORGANIC PARTICLES; OUTER LAYER; PY-GC/MS; PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS; PYROLYSIS-GC/MS; SURFACE LAYERS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; EXTRACTION; FLY ASH; GYPSUM; POLLUTION; PYROLYSIS; QUARTZ;

CLAY MINERALS;

BENZONITRILE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GYPSUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORTAR; PYROLYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY ASH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SOOT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON; CITIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; NITRILES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SOOT;

EID: 80052539800     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.025     Document Type: Article

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