Platinum group elements (Pt, Pd, Rh) in airborne particulate matter in rural vs. urban areas of Germany: Concentrations and spatial patterns of distribution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 261-268

  Zereini, Fathi ^a   Alsenz, Heiko ^a   Wiseman, Clare L S ^b   Püttmann, Wilhelm ^a   Reimer, Eberhard ^c   Schleyer, Ruprecht ^d   Bieber, Elke ^d   Wallasch, Markus ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Umweltbundesamt Langen Branch   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne particulate matter (PM 10 PM 2.5 and PM 1); Atmospheric transport; CALMET; ICP MS; Platinum group elements (PGE)

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10 PM 2.5 AND PM 1); ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CALMET; ICP-MS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS (PGE);

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DUST; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); PALLADIUM; RHODIUM; RURAL AREAS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PLATINUM;

PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHODIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALLADIUM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WINTER;

CITIES; GERMANY; PALLADIUM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; RURAL POPULATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84856222703     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.070     Document Type: Article

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