Evaluation of trace elemental composition of aerosols in the atmosphere of Rawalpindi and Islamabad using radio analytical methods

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 906-910

  Qadir, Muhammad Abdul ^a   Zaidi, Jamshaid Hussain ^b   Ahmad, Shaikh Asrar ^c   Gulzar, Asad ^c   Yaseen, Muhammad ^d   Atta, Sadia ^a   Tufail, Asma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Pakistan)

^d Department of Chemistry   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aerosols; INAA; SEM; Size distribution; Trace elemental analysis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICULATES; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; COAL-BURNING; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INAA; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATIONS; ISLAMABAD; ISLAMABAD , PAKISTAN; PARTICULATE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TRACE ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOLS; CESIUM; EUROPIUM; HAFNIUM; LEAD; RUBIDIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ANALYSIS; YTTERBIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

BARIUM; CADMIUM; CERIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; EUROPIUM; HAFNIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NIOBIUM; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; YTTERBIUM; ZINC;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858334158     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.02.047     Document Type: Article

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